Once the constraint is elevated, it will no longer be the bottleneck. The bottleneck will inevitably shift somewhere else in the system.

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Place a time buffer of inventory directly in front of the bottleneck. This ensures that even if upstream processes break down temporarily, the bottleneck never starves for work.

: The rate at which the system generates money through sales.

The book outlines a systematic "fix" for any operational system, known as the Five Focusing Steps Velocity Scheduling System Book Summary: The Goal by Eliyahu Goldratt - James Clear

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To permanently "fix" a broken system, operational decisions must always prioritize while simultaneously reducing Inventory and reducing Operating Expenses . Conclusion

The core "fix" described in the book (The Theory of Constraints) follows these steps: the system's constraint (the bottleneck). Exploit the constraint (ensure it never sits idle).