SYSTEM FLOW / INTERACTIVE LAB

Constraint & Flow Lab.

Explore demand, capacity, variability, rework and bottleneck migration.

FACTORY FLOW

Multi-Stage Constraint Lab

buffers · blocking · bottleneck migration
THROUGHPUT7.1/h
WIP37
CYCLE TIME5.18h
CONSTRAINTS3

Click a station to add capacity. Improving the current constraint can move the constraint rather than eliminate it. Effective capacity is reduced by uptime and rework; rework also creates additional internal demand. WIP and cycle time remain linked by Little’s Law while the variability factor approximates congestion beyond deterministic capacity.

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