CHAPTER 11

Managing Subcontractors and Partnerships

Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.

—Henry Ford

In the early 2000s, the State of Michigan provided training money to help companies develop the skills of their workforce. In response, I developed training courses covering various aspects of traditional inventory and production control. One client absorbed my full curriculum and was looking for additional training on lean manufacturing. I know a lot about lean manufacturing, but that is not my core expertise.

I turned to Curtis, someone who had worked for me in the past and brought him into this client. What started as a subcontract arrangement quickly shifted to a partnership where we each ...

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