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The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt,
Jeff Cox
This book,
written in the form of a novel, provides incredibly insight into
the business of manufacturing. It explains in detail what the
most important goals should be…eliminating constraints and increasing
the work flowing thru your manufacturing process. A must read
for any fabricator who wants to understand the theory of manufacturing
better and make his company more efficient and profitable.
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The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small
Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It by Michael
E. Gerber "If you own a small business,
or if you want to own a small business, this book was written
for you."
This is simply the most profound
book on small business management ever written. It not only proves
the theory that a small business must develop systems to succeed,
it goes into great detail as to how and why. If you want a business
that can eventually operate in your absence, buy this book. But
don't show it to your competitor.
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The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles
From The World's Greatest Manufacturer by Jeffrey Liker
"Toyota first caught
the world's attention in the 1980s, when it became clear that
there was something special about Japanese quality and efficiency."
Toyota is the essence of efficiency,
they invented "Lean" manufacturing. And while being
smaller than Ford, GM, and Chrysler, Toyota made more money than
all three combined the year this great book was written…proving
that a business need not be the biggest to be the best. If you'd
like to see how they do it, BUY THIS BOOK!
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In
1998, Aaron Crowley founded his first company, Crowley's Granite
Concepts, and has grown it to what is today, one the most well
respected and recognized stone fabrication companies in Oregon.