Demand Driven Performance

FOREWORD

You Can Do This—a CEO’s Perspective

I can easily identify with your state-of-mind if, after reading this book you still ponder whether the potentials described herein are real. I had these doubts myself at one time. I had previously believed that these types of methodologies would only work in high volume, low mix operations like those in Detroit, or perhaps in other well-defined operations with highly repetitive nature. I had nearly convinced myself that these methodologies could not possibly work at LeTourneau Technologies, Inc. where complexity in operations at our Longview plant was severe (understatement); i.e., highly integrated ...