A contingent approach to Lean Thinking.

One of the problems we see in many (or even most) Lean Thinking texts is the assumption that you work in a high volume, component based manufacturing supplier to the automotive industry. In reality few of us do….and this puts into question many of the conclusions of these texts. Professor Peter Hines and Donna Samuel illustrate the point, and what might be done about with a lean purchasing based case study from the health sector.  Click here to dowload article.