Theory of Constraints
Goldratt's Theory of Constraints — how system bottlenecks causally limit throughput and how focused improvement drives performance.
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Common Uses
- Identifying the bottleneck in a production line
- Throughput accounting for product-mix decisions
- Five Focusing Steps workshop for ops leaders
- Diagnosing why local optimizations aren't moving global KPIs
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