Quotes About Optimization

First, make sure the bottlenecks' time is not wasted," he says. "How is the time of a bottleneck wasted? One way is for it to be sitting idle during a lunch break. Another is for it to be processing parts which are already defective—or which will become defective through a careless worker or poor process control. A third way to waste a bottleneck's time is to make it work on parts you don't need.

But when the nature of the constraint has changed, one would expect to see a major change in the way we operate all non-constraints.

So the way to express the goal is this? Increase throughput while simultaneously reducing both inventory and operating expense.

If we cut our batch sizes in half, then I guess that at any one time we'd have half the work-in-process on the floor. I guess that means we'd only need half the investment in work-in-process to keep the plant working. If we could work it out with our vendors, we could conceivably cut all our inventories in half, and by cutting our inventories in half, we reduce the amount of cash tied up at any one time, which eases the pressure on cash flow.

By running non-bottlenecks for "efficiency," we've built inventories far in excess of demand.

sit there marveling that we're going to reduce the efficiency of some operations and make the entire plant more productive.

I sit there marveling that we're going to reduce the efficiency of some operations and make the entire plant more productive.

What we know now," I tell him, "is that we shouldn't be looking at each local area and trying to trim it. We should be trying to optimize the whole system. Some resources have to have more capacity than others. The ones at the end of the line should have more than the ones at the beginning—sometimes a lot more. Am I right?

Your brain is optimized for pattern-sensing," Gavin commented. "And chatter.

our goal must be to bring man's unique fusion of body, mind, and spirit to its highest perfection.

To save time is to lengthen life.

do you really think that geniuses come from genes? Well, maybe they do. But how close have we ever got to making the most of our genes? That's the real question. You can't possibly give me an answer, Burris, and you know it. There has been absolutely no way of answering it until now, because it has never been possible to manipulate the environment in the required way.

I want things to be the best they can be. I want greatness.

And above all, work smarter instead of harder.

What's the ONE Thing I can do such that by doing it everything else will be easier or unnecessary?

Our inherited legacy of adaptatios is literally precious. Even the poorest parents give their children vast riches, in the form of senses, emotions, and mental faculties that have been optimized through millions of years of product development.

Some people mistake grit for sheer persistence - charging up the same hill again and again. But that's not quite what I mean by the word 'grit.' You want to minimize friction and find the most effective, most efficient way forward. You might actually have more grit if you treat your energy as a precious commodity.

It has adopted the geometry most advantageous to the species or, in other words, the most convenient.

Scientific management promised to replace rules of thumb with accurate measurements.

Miracle of value creation - innovations, growth, monetization, cost optimization, and profitability.

Method will teach you to win time.

In chess you might find a good move. Then you might find a better move. But take your time. Find the best move.

Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time. The best management of our time thus becomes linked inseparably with the best utilization of our efforts.

Take a human desire, preferably one that has been around for a really long time Identify that desire and use modern technology to take out steps.