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"&lt;p&gt;In recent columns I have described what companies have been doing to improve their operations.  Recognizing that maintaining the status quo is a recipe for disaster in this competitive environment, companies have been employing techniques such as value stream mapping (visually depicting the flow of information and material through an operation) and the 5S system of workplace organization (sort, set in order, shine, standardize and sustain) to discover opportunities to eliminate activities that do not add value. &lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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