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More Crews, More Zones, Less Throughput — The WIP Penalty
When the schedule slips, the instinctive move is to open another zone and add more crews. Goldratt-Ashlag's Rules of Flow Rule #1 explains why that response makes the project worse, not better — and what to do instead. Plus: HRC tops $1,070/ton and mill utilization hits a 4.5-year high.
May 146 min read
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