The Theory of Constraints Uses the Following Five Steps to Achieve

question 127

Multiple Choice

The theory of constraints uses the following five steps to achieve its goal of improving organizational performance:
1) Exploit the binding constraints.
2) Elevate the organization's binding constraints.
3) Identify an organization's constraints.
4) Repeat the process as a new constraint emerges to limit output.
5) Subordinate everything else to the decisions made when exploiting the binding constraints.
What is the correct order for performing these steps?

• A) 3, 1, 5, 2, 4
• B) 3, 5, 1, 2, 4
• C) 1, 3, 5, 2, 4
• D) 3, 1, 5, 4, 2

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