Walk a Rush Order Through the Constraint
Use constraint thinking to route a rush order without damaging total shop throughput.
Rush scheduling The customer asks for 30 resin enclosure halves by tomorrow. Printers are available, but curing and inspection are loaded. Accepting based on printer time alone may produce unfinished or unverified parts. Theory of Constraints Identify -> protect -> route Every schedule has a limiting step. The rush decision should increase completed, acceptable work through that step. Bed space Looks available The promise matches system capacity. The shop ships completed jobs, not printer-bed utilization. 01 Find constraint 02 Protect it 03 Offer scope Capacity read Printer beds can fit all 30 parts overnight. Wash-cure can finish 12 by 8…
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