shibu_jp I thought during the business book boom, when you shorten the time, like installing fully automatic machines in your household, or taxiing your commute, you can make money from that. Unless you have a job or something, you’re just spending. To use a Mario analogy, it’s like you’ve spent your stars in a place where there are no enemies.

nishio TOC In TOC terms, you are making efficient where you are not bottleneck and overall efficiency is not increasing.

If there is a measurable value that is easy to understand, people will use it as a KPI. - Incorrect KPI setting

The utilization rate of processing machine in TOC is one of them.

  • Seemingly “more is better” but can be counterproductive when viewed as a whole system

  • lack of vision


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