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Ep 7: Lean Principles for the Building Reuse Industry (BMRA)

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Show Notes

Matt Horvat and Brion Hurley, along with Kelly Stevens from The Rebuilding Center, were asked to give a webinar to the Building Material Reuse Association (BMRA) members about Lean principles and our experiences working with reuse nonprofit organizations.

Slides can be downloaded as a PDF here

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The Rebuilding Center

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