xviii • Introduction
sandwiches, grab our shing rods and BB guns, and head out for the day.
Because it was a wooden boat, each trip started by bailing it out with a
Clorox® jug made into a bucket or a hand bilge pump. Many times, there
would be only three or four inches of the boat sticking out of the water.
at love of boats turned into a passion for building them, which turned
into a passion for manufacturing and Lean manufacturing. So all the Lean
projects, eorts, and exciting Lean things I am going to write about take
place in a unique industry, the marine industry. It is my hope that you will
enjoy the background while I write about applying Lean. I mean, hey, I
could have spent my career making screwdrivers or oven mitts.
During my ...