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Reading the copious business literature on World-Class Manufacturing, Lean Manufacturing and its derivative terms, you might be forgiven for thinking that best practice can be defined, taught and implemented as a structured project; draw a value stream map of your current state, define the proposed future state and then implement it. Unfortunately, that is not the way it works and to develop a more realistic perspective on implementing best practice, we have to acknowledge that best practice in manufacturing has evolved over the last century and continues to evolve.
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Szwejczewski, M., Jones, M. (2013). The Evolution of Best Practice in Manufacturing. In: Learning From World-Class Manufacturers. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137292308_1
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