Walk A Capacity Constraint To Executive Choice
Escalate a capacity constraint with options that executives can actually choose among.
Capacity gap Packaging line B is loaded at 117% for six weeks. The plan can no longer protect every order, every margin target, and every labor limit. If leaders do not choose the trade-off, the bottleneck chooses through late orders and expediting. TOC in S&OP Identify -> Exploit -> Subordinate -> Elevate Capacity review should first squeeze the current bottleneck, then decide what work must yield, then price the cost of more capacity. Shortcut Ask for more people before proving the bottleneck. Executives choose the trade-off instead of reacting to late orders. Only changes at the constraint change the feasible…
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