INDEX

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Page numbers followed by f indicate figures; t indicate tables.

A. O. Smith Corporation, 259–260

accounting

algorithms compared to, 51

BOMs for, 153–154

cost, 51

directory for, 151

failures of, 228, 261–262

finance-and-accounting module, 120

Ford and, 51–52

general ledger, 151

history of, 26

of Library of Babel, 143–145

as management tool, 26

modern rules of, 29–31, 30f

responsibilities of, 143–145

value of, 31

Acme Visible Records, 44

Activity Cube, 264–272, 267f, 280f

commitment to, 278–279

mission of, 290

activity-by-activity ...

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