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Wausau Equipment Company: A Lean Journey (B)

Landel, Robert D.; Gruia, Sorin

OM-1382 | Published January 30, 2009 | 2 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

The lean initiative detailed in the (A) case, OM-1354, had reached a precarious stage. The machine and systems division of Wausau Equipment Company (WECO) had failed to sell several harvesting systems... Read More

Wausau Equipment Company: A Lean Journey (C)

Landel, Robert D.; Gruia, Sorin

OM-1383 | Published January 30, 2008 | 14 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

This file contains slides that show the elements chosen by the senior management and consultants to reengage and relaunch the lean journey at Wausau Equipment Company, following its original failed im... Read More

Wausau Equipment Company: A Lean Journey (A)

Landel, Robert D.; Gruia, Sorin

OM-1354 | Published January 30, 2008 | 21 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

A manufacturing company with a reputation for excellent service and quality and a command-and-control style of management with little communication across the organization decides to undertake a lean ... Read More