Constraint Management

Constraint Management is a way of detecting constraints and theirrole in system performance. The constraint management approachbegins with determining or suspecting that a problem exists. Thescope of the problem is determined by what factors internal orexternal to the area, perhaps even external to the company, affectproduction. A boundary is drawn around these factors of production.Critical factors for production, whether resources, policies, orother limiters, are identified, with an eye toward which factorsappear to be keeping the system from performing as expected orrequired. Methods to schedule work and apportion it to persons orprocesses, and the size of the assignments are evaluated andmodified.