Ep.325 - The Missing Piece! The Production Laws!

Jun 30, 2021

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CPM does not obey even one of the production laws, and Takt obeys and encourages all of them. This is probably the single most important information Jason has ever shared. The four production laws prove mathematically and scientifically why CPM will never work and why Takt planning is not magic but eternal truth. Little's Law says throughput time increases when you have too many flow units in process. CPM loads everything at once. Takt limits work in process. The Law of Variation says variation is the enemy. CPM has no rhythm. Takt creates consistency and continuity. Stop pushing manpower, materials, information, and variation onto your projects. You need rhythm, consistency, and continuity based on production laws, not guesses and critical paths that change 17 times.

What you'll learn in this episode:

Why CPM gets an F on all four production laws and Takt gets an A plus
How Little's Law proves you need to limit work in process and reduce cycle time to go faster
Why variation is the enemy and CPM creates it while Takt eliminates it
How optimizing bottlenecks increases throughput for the entire system (not chasing random critical paths)
Why Kingman's Formula shows waiting time equals cycle time times utilization times variation (Takt optimizes all three)

Stop pushing. You need rhythm, consistency, and continuity. This is not magic. This is law. This is eternal truth.

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