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A Factory of One
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A Factory of One

by Daniel Markovitz
December 2011
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
177 pages
3h 39m
English
Productivity Press
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Chapter 2
Spotting Value, 
Spotting Waste
Allison’s Story
Allison is an anesthesiologist at a major hospital in New
York. Real estate prices being what they are in the country’s
most expensive city, her office is only slightly bigger than a
closet (that’s a broom closet, not a cedar-paneled, walk-in,
McMansion-size closet). We’re talking a windowless room
about 60 square feet, with a desk, computer, and an office
chair. And a bookshelf. Oh, and a wall of file cabinets.
Every horizontal surface of Allison’s office (except for her
chair) is covered—no, buried—in paper: printed out e-mails,
regular mail, departmental memos, receipts from the last co
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