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Learning to see waste and systematically eliminate it has allowed lean companies such as Toyota to dominate entire industries. Lean thinking defines value as 'providing benefit to the customer' anything else is waste.

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Eric Ries
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: September 22
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