http://lssacademy.com/2007/04/18/toc-bottleneck-versus-lean-pacemaker/ Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Lean Six Sigma, and Kaizen Sat, 12 May 2012 15:25:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://lssacademy.com/2007/04/18/toc-bottleneck-versus-lean-pacemaker/comment-page-1/#comment-3924 Doug Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:45:41 +0000 http://lssacademy.com/?p=204#comment-3924 "Helping Herbie lose weight" is the whole point of step 4, "Elevate the Constraint". However, during the time that Herbie remains the slowest kid, he sets the pace. Once he's no longer the slowest kid, some other kid will be the slowest and this new slowest-kid sets the pace (step 5). “Helping Herbie lose weight” is the whole point of step 4, “Elevate the Constraint”. However, during the time that Herbie remains the slowest kid, he sets the pace. Once he’s no longer the slowest kid, some other kid will be the slowest and this new slowest-kid sets the pace (step 5).

]]> http://lssacademy.com/2007/04/18/toc-bottleneck-versus-lean-pacemaker/comment-page-1/#comment-645 There is a new TOC blog! Wed, 27 Jun 2007 03:00:28 +0000 http://lssacademy.com/?p=204#comment-645 [...] TOC Bottleneck versus Lean Pacemaker – Part 1 [...] [...] TOC Bottleneck versus Lean Pacemaker – Part 1 [...]

]]> http://lssacademy.com/2007/04/18/toc-bottleneck-versus-lean-pacemaker/comment-page-1/#comment-380 Jon Miller Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:25:00 +0000 http://lssacademy.com/?p=204#comment-380 At the risk of sounding like I missed the point of the whole book, my Lean response was "Let's help Herbie lose weight" and this remains my approach to bottlenecks to this day. At the risk of sounding like I missed the point of the whole book, my Lean response was “Let’s help Herbie lose weight” and this remains my approach to bottlenecks to this day.

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