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KAIZEN and The Art of Creative Thinking
Dr. Shigeo Shingo, 2007
An Interview with Norman Bodek,
by Bill Kluck, President of NWLEAN, Inc.
Over the past 4 decades, Norman Bodek has been spreading the word about lean production techniques. Early in his career, he was fortunate enough to become acquainted with and publish in English some of our professions founders, including Mr. Taiichi Ohno, and Dr. Shigeo Shingo. Norman has translated and published several of Dr. Shingo's books, which are still very relevant to this day.
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