Cutting the batch sizes
B: Speed the orders for my customers
D: Cut the batches sizes in half
A: Increase sales
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C: Ensure to keep the bottleneck efficient
D': Do nothing with the batch sizes
In order to Increase sales I must Speed the orders for my customers and in order to Speed the orders for my customers I must Cut the batches sizes in half. But, in order to Increase sales I must also Ensure to keep the bottleneck efficient and in order to Ensure to keep the bottleneck efficient I must Do nothing with the batch sizes. I can't both Cut the batches sizes in half and Do nothing with the batch sizes.
| Relation | Assumption(s) | Injection(s) |
| D-D' | There is only one machine that you could cut the batches sizes in half | Only one could create an improvement |
| B-D | That would improve customer satisfaction | Come up with a policy with the customers that the orders will be delay between longer days |
| C-D' | The machine will not work at it's full capacity | The batch sizes policy doesn't deal with non-bottlenecks machines |
| A-B | Customers are not satisfied with the orders being delay. | Customer satisfaction is not longer important |
| A-C | Employees and machine staying without doing nothing are not making money | Replace people with other machines that doesn't run with a production cost approach |