Constraint

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What is a “Constraint”?

“Once you eliminate your number one problem, number two gets a promotion.” — Gerald Weinberg, consultant and author of The Secrets of Consulting

Key Points:

• A system’s performance is limited by the availability of critical input. Eliminate the Constraint and performance will improve.
• These are Goldratt’s five steps to eliminate Constraint:
  
  
  
  • Identification: find the limiting factor.
  • Exploitation: make sure that the resources related to the Constraint aren’t wasted.
  • Subordination: redesign the system to support the Constraint.
  • Elevation: permanently increase the capacity of the Constraint.
  • Reevalution: after making a change, reevaluate a system to see where’s the Constraint.
• The more quickly you move through these steps, the more your system’s Throughput will improve.

Questions for Consideration:

• What constraints are holding back the continued successful operation of the system?
• What can you do to eliminate or alleviate the limiting constraint?
• Is it possible to preemptively add a stock in front of a constraint to strategically prevent that constraint from limiting the system, even if inflows and outflows fluctuate?

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