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window market , which accounts for around 20 % of turnover ; new construction whether commercial or domestic ( 50 %); and to dealers , agents and builders merchants . This has not been achieved without growing pains . In fact , the manufacturing footprint has shrunk as the business has expanded – there ’ s been a transformation , and Harry hands a lot of the credit for this to General Manager Amar Randhawa , who joined Durabuilt right at the outset of its new era , aged 17 , with even less experience than the owners , but sharing their values , work ethic , pragmatism and willingness to learn .
Lean It ’ s about 10 years since Durabuilt set out on its lean journey , and here it really does begin to look more like a textbook manufacturer . The leadership team learned about TPS , six sigma , kanban , kaizen , CPA and ERP . They began to introduce lean practices incrementally with a series of continuous improvement iterations rather than trying to revolutionize practices overnight . Their natural
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