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Manufacturing Data

Manufacturing Data

  Dan Markovitz identifies the difference between facts and data and why you need both to make a fully informed assessment.  Taiichi Ohno said, “Data is of course important in manufacturing, but I place the greatest emphasis on facts.” You can leave out the word “manufacturing,” and apply the concept to anything in your company or your life. Facts are more important than data. When he talked about his preference for facts over data, he was urging people to go…