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Appendix Case Study Introduction The stories you’ve read are lived experiences that shaped how how this book came to be. More importantly, they aren’t just our stories. They’re lessons learned in real plants, with real people, facing real challenges. That’s why we’ve included additional case studies in the following pages. These aren’t theory or best practice checklists; they’re the hard-won accounts of what it looks like when leadership, data, and culture come together—or when they don’t. You’ll see how Operation Compete showed the impact of putting data at the center of decision making, how open-book management turned financials into a language everyone could use, and how the revitalization of a struggling book plant proved that culture and execution can transform even the toughest situations. Taken together, these case studies form the bridge between our backgrounds and the practical lessons in this book. They show what’s possible when site

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