by Dr Lisa | Dr Lisa, due date performance, job shops
Most of the time when I’m doing private consulting, the problem that my clients think they have is NOT actually the real problem. If you think about it, it makes sense that most people don’t understand their real problem. Because if they did, they would just fix it. ...
by Dr Lisa | constraint, goldratt, job shops, milling constraint, theory of constraints, wip, work in process
Let’s take a simple environment as an example. Say that there are seven operations in this environment: customer service receives and enters the order, engineering programs the part, and when released the order processes through lathes, mills, outside heat treat,...
by Dr Lisa | drum buffer rope, due date performance, goldratt, job shops, mix variability, theory of constraints
Of course, doubling available capacity must mean that we aren’t managing our current capacity as well as we would like, despite our best efforts to do so. Is this a reasonable possibility? Let’s check some “facts”: Does your mix vary widely from week-to-week, as is...
