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My Lean Journey Begins
Shortly aer completing my assignment in Swansboro, I arrived in
Bradenton, Florida. It was November. I had never spent much time in
Florida other than to interview with Chris-Cra and a few spring break
visits. e weather was beautiful, and people were really friendly. e
thing about Florida that is fun is that starting in September, the weather
gets nicer each month until late spring when it gets hot again, unlike “up
north,” where the weather gets worse and worse.
I showed up at Chris-Cra and they made me the materials manager. e
company had inventory everywhere—and I mean everywhere. ey had
hundreds of thousa