Walk Saturday flow with Little's Law
Use Little's Law to decide whether to reduce work-in-process, increase throughput, or reset expectations.
Flow pressure Fourteen orders are open at noon, and the store is completing about three orders per hour. The pickup promise must respect the relationship between WIP, throughput, and time. Little's Law More open work means longer time unless throughput rises When a store accepts more work than the constraint can finish, the pile is not just messy. It is lead time becoming visible. WIP / throughput = rough lead time Use it as a sanity check, not a perfect forecast. Promises that match the system. Starting more work only helps if the constraint can finish more work. Measure Make…
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