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Charles W. Protzman, III, MBA, CPM, is a Shingo Prize Winning
Author and internationally renown Lean consultant with over 31 years
experience in Materials and Operations Management. He spent 13½
years with AlliedSignal, now Honeywell, where he was an Aerospace
Strategic Operations Manager and the rst AlliedSignal Lean Master.
He has received numerous special-recognition and cost-reduction
awards. Charles was an external consultant for DBED’s World Class
Maryland Consortium while he was with AlliedSignal. He had input
into the resulting World Class Criteria document and assisted in the
rst three initial DBED World Class Company Assessmen ...