Some Sweet Memories --Dickeson

Yes, I know all about Lean Manufacturing and TPS—Toyota Production System. And I'm up to here with all the gee-whiz stories about Wal-Mart and Dell managing with scanty inventories and (here we go again) supply-chain management. What has all that stuff got to do with running a commercial print shop and safety-cushion inventories spilling out of our plant warehouses? Are we missing something?