For now the 31-year-old plant manager is content to lord over a factory floor of Vermeer Manufacturing Co. in Pella, Iowa, pointing to a directional drill assembly line that used to be cluttered with 20 days' worth of parts inventory.

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Guiding a reporter through the crowded plant, the former manager of an IBM circuit-board factory points to places where Dell can shave off a few seconds of assembly time or move completed products out the door a couple of minutes faster.

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