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On the Job with Tom Root, Managing Partner of Zingerman's Mail Order
On the Job with Tom Root, Managing Partner of Zingerman's Mail Order
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Length:
62 minutes
Released:
Mar 1, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
Spoiler alert! The food you just ate is not fresh. It was "sourced" longer ago than you'd imagine. And since that time, it's been handled in batch after batch. The same can be said for many lean transformations - one batch of improvement activity after another. Zingerman's Mail Order has been reducing batch sizes for 15 years, acting as a sort of "model line" for the entire food industry. Tom Root and Josh Howell discuss ZMO's lean transformation and their many lessons learned, searching for useful takeaways for you the listener.
Released:
Mar 1, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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