Herbie is a perfect illustration of a constraint in the book because he was slow. His slow nature made difficult for Alex to control the whole team. His slowness created gabs between him and the other boys in the line. Through the hike Alex learns a simple process that will help him turn his plant in the right direction. The example also highlights dependable events and statistical fluctuations. Statistical fluctuations mean that, most of the factors that are critical to operating a plant successfully cannot be known ahead of time. With dependable events if anyone project is delayed, the whole project is slowed. Thus the high inventory level that is piled up in front of NCX- 10 machine is the end product. Through non- bottleneck processes can be effective, the throughput of the entire system will be dependent on the capacity of bottleneck processes in the system. The same way if bottleneck processes delays after the non-bottleneck process higher work-in-process and excess in inventory will occur in turning the situation around we see that Alex and his team followed a procedure. They identified NCX-10 and heat- treat the plants bottlenecks. They worked to ensure that bottlenecks work at maximum capacity without losing time. For example even at lunch breaks they kept them working. They made sure everything there were doing was in compliance with the constraints. …show more content…
The book helps in giving new ideas to increase efficiency by removing the constraints from organizations systems to increase productivity. In my view I think managers in all organizations should possess these qualities: Be able to identify the goal of your company. With this you can decide on what is being productive and what is not. Anything that is working towards the goal is considered