Rob Austin: Can lean help operational managers realize specific targets on schedule?

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Rob Austin: Can lean help operational managers realize specific targets on schedule?

By Mike Rother, - Last updated: Wednesday, January 6, 2010 - Save & Share - Leave a comment

As a financial manager, what I’d really like from operational managers is a commitment to realizing specific targets–cost reduction, productivity improvement, whatever–on a schedule. Then I want to see people work to deliver those results on schedule. Can lean help me get that?