
132 • e Process Mind
increased likelihood of meeting customer demand. It is no accident that
process is at the center of any “make lots of money” model.
INVENTORY AND CASH DON’T LIE
e 2007–2009 recession delivered a hard-learned lesson in understand-
ing the liability of traditional accounting architecture when applied to
the income statement; however, what has not changed is the reality that
cash and inventory do not lie. If we consider that Apple turns its inventory
74times and RIM wrote down two years’ worth of inventory, you know
where the cash is tied up. If you want to know the health of a business, you
need look no farther than a few ...