id: 1173,2A
title: Resource utilization must be less than full to allow flow.
date: 2023-11-19

Resource utilization must be less than full to allow flow.

A simple example of sequential task flow between multiple participants shows:rK4

• At full utilization, flow is reduced to a crawl as each step constitutes a bottleneck.
• Focusing on one item at a time means the overall system is wasting capability.
• Changing to a pull-based, rather than push-based, model allowed the system to maximize throughput and minimize waste.