![]() You could think you’re running an efficient system, but your thinking might be wrong. Find the new constraint and return to step 1, consider increasing resources to other areas to match the bottleneck’s improvement.Increase resources for the bottleneck ONLY once you’ve squeezed the most you can out of it.Redirect existing resources towards the bottleneck, don’t produce more than it can or you’ll build up inventory.Get more from the bottleneck’s current resources.The system only moves as fast as the bottleneck, so find the bottleneck, see what has a big pile of work in front of it.įive Focusing Steps for Continuous Improvement: The Goal: Increase throughput while simultaneously reducing both inventory and operating expense. ![]() Operational Expense: The money spent to turn inventory into throughput.Inventory: all the money invested in things it intends to sell.Throughput: the rate the system generates money through sales.
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