The Theory of Constraints Enters the Lean Manufacturing Arena
P.J. Jakovljevic - February 21, 2006

Limitations of Flow Manufacturing

Just as manufacturing realities are continuously changing, so is lean thinking evolving. For example, traditionally, given competitive realities, it was almost exclusively automotive companies that deployed lean techniques such as kanban and sequencing. Today, however, there are some strong indications that only one in five companies using kanban are in the automotive industry...