Drum Buffer Rope: A Worked Example for Capacity Models
In drum buffer rope, the constraint sets the release rate for the whole system, so schedule around it rather than around the busiest-looking machine.
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What Is Theory of Constraints in Operations Management?
Every process has one constraint that caps total throughput, so improving any non-constraint step changes nothing about overall output.
Throughput Accounting Theory of Constraints: Worked Example
Throughput accounting ranks every decision by throughput per constraint hour: selling price minus totally variable cost, divided by the constraint's cycle time.