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Acknowledgments
Our thanks and appreciation go to all of the TPM and Lean team members,
project champions, and mentors who worked so diligently and courageously
on these projects.
Special thanks go to several people for their contributions to the devel-
opment and production of the book at CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group,
including Cindy Renee Carelli (Senior Editor), Hayley Ruggieri (Project
Coordinator), Dr. Adedeji Badiru (Industrial Innovation Series Editor), and
Jim McGovern (Project Editor).