TOC Step 4: Elevate the Constraint

The fourth of the five focus­ing steps of TOC is to ele­vate the con­straint. After exploit­ing the con­straint and sub­or­di­nat­ing every­thing else to its pace, some­times the sys­tem still can’t deliv­er enough. At that point, we must raise the constraint’s capac­i­ty by mak­ing a strate­gic invest­ment. Learn the keys for mak­ing these cost-ben­e­fit deci­sions relat­ed to ele­vat­ing the constraint.