five focusing steps

In the Theory of Constraints, a process to continuously improve organizational profit by evaluating the production system and market mix to determine how to make the most profit using the system constraint. The steps consist of: Identify the constraint to the system. Decide how to exploit the constraint to the system. Subordinate all nonconstraints to the constraint. Elevate the constraint to the system Return to step 1 if the constraint is broken in any previous step, while not allowing any inertia to set in.