Walk the bottleneck before you fund the fix
Apply Theory of Constraints through a multi-step operational decision.
Fulfillment is missing the 4 p.m. carrier cutoff three days a week. Warehouse wants more packers; Finance wants a hiring case. A wrong operational move consumes time while the system keeps producing the same failure. Theory of Constraints Identify, exploit, subordinate, elevate, then repeat. Spend attention before spending capacity. Identify What do you do first? Exploit Pick lists arrive in waves at 2 p.m. What protects the constraint? Subordinate Inventory control prioritizes internal reports before release. What now? Now you try Customer onboarding is late and QA appears overloaded. What first? The path converges on the operating principle. Each strong…
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