Goal of the Firm

Performance Measurements

Financial measurements	Throughput defined
Operational measurements	Inventory defined
Productivity	Operating expenses defined
	Productivity defined

Unbalanced Capacity

Dependent events and statistical fluctuations

Bottlenecks and Capacity-Constrained Resources

Bottleneck defined

Nonbottleneck defined

Capacity-constrained resource ( CCR) defined

Basic Manufacturing Building Blocks

Methods for Control

Comparing Synchronous Manufacturing to MRP and JIT

Relationship with Other Functional Areas

Accounting's influence

Marketing and production

Conclusion

Case: Solve the OPT Quiz—A Challenge in Scheduling