Maximizing Capacity Without Extra Resources

“Eliyahu Goldratt wrote in The Goal that most bottlenecks can be elevated without adding money,

staff, or equipment. The first step is removing anything that consumes the

constraint’s time without increasing throughput. The second is ensuring the constraint is

never idle—no waiting for materials, decisions, or upstream errors. The final step is

reorganizing support tasks around the constraint. Goldratt’s point is that better coordination

often increases capacity more than additional resources.”