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Product & Process Development

The Insourcing Boom

By Charles Fishman

November 30, 2012

 From industrial monument to memorial and then back again, the improving fortunes of GE’s huge Appliance Park plant illustrate the factors, including lean management, behind "The Insourcing Boom" in the U.S. (The Atlantic, December 2012). LEI CEO John Shook is quoted on how companies fail to consider the total costs of outsourcing.Lean practitioners from Appliance Park, featured in "The Insourcing Boom," will  share their lean transformation model at the 2013 Lean Transformation Summit, March 13-14, 2013, Orlando, FL. Reserve your spot at this special presentation. Register by January 25 to save. 

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