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Joël Collin-Demers's avatar

Without the right part in right place at the right time, savings don't matter... Good story.

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Daniel Barnes's avatar

Certainly - I didn't nerd out too much on all of the scheduling stuff in this, but the original preferred supplier would have set us back at least 9 months - effectively killing the project and making us incur horrendously high liquidated damages in the process.

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Dave Jones's avatar

Great article. Drinking tea and bring interested and curious in everything is my key takeaway

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Daniel Barnes's avatar

Drinking tea is always a winner.

But on a serious note - it was invaluable as a means to building relationships quickly.

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