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Mike san and I studied the Toyota Seisan Hoshiki together under Ohno sensei many years ago. In Downtime Reduction, Mike san provides readers the benefits of his learnings from applying techniques to eliminate wastes and downtime in manufacturing operations worldwide.

– Chiaki Umeno, President and CEO, Otalite Company, Ltd., Fukuoka, Japan

As the former president of seven food and consumer product companies that would have benefitted from this book, I found it a well-written, easy-to-read, and practical discussion on how to improve Operations. It includes numerous "real-world" situations experienced by author among varied customers and ends with a very practical summary of specific steps on how to manage the downtime reduction process.

– Robert A Fox, retired president of Canada Dry, Continental Can, Clarke Hooper America, Del Monte,- Foster Farms, Nabisco International, Revlon International.

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