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Profit Magazine
November 2004


Profit Magazine
  Cover Story

Creating the Lean Enterprise
By David Baum
The concepts of Lean manufacturing, which centers on the idea of building to customer requirements, are beginning to spread to other areas of business as executives begin to explore the notion of the Lean enterprise.

  Features
Basel II Opens the Door to Opportunity
By Carol Hildebrand and the staff of CXO Media
Egg plc regards Basel II as much more than burdensome regulation—it's an opportunity to get intelligent about risk. See how the world's largest online bank plans to capture capital with its data, and find out what our industry expert has to say about future trends in financial services.

HIPAA Fosters Compliance in Healthcare
By Carol Hildebrand and the staff of CXO Media
Find out how Harvard Pilgrim has created a healthy environment for compliance, and get an expert's insights on what the future holds for the healthcare industry.

Customer Intelligence in Bloom
By Molly Rose Teuke
1-800-FLOWERS.COM is building relationships—between its customers, and with them, too.

Digital Teens
By Caroline Kvitka, with reporting by Kelly Hansen
The teens of today are the employees of 2009—find out what you can do now to create an environment for success.


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EDITOR'S NOTE
Asking the Right Questions
by Margaret Terry Lindquist
The economic slump is over—so say the pollsters, at least—and companies are ready to start spending again—on some things. But are you spending right, on the projects that will make a difference to your customers?
FORWARD THINKING
Forward Thinking
Learn how to get Lean in your business and on the slopes. And find out more about the new release of Oracle E-Business Suite.
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