"Now we see methods, the assembly line and JIT, that do work. Which means that either they follow the five steps or the five steps are wrong." Thank you, Jim. Now I know how to continue. "It's apparent that assembly lines and JIT do not follow the five steps. Not only don't they start with identifying the bottleneck, they are not even considering the existence of a bottleneck at all. So where is the mistake in the five steps?" Johnny looks at us, then at the board. Then he sits down. "I don't follow you," Charlene says to Jim. "You talk as if it's all or nothing. What happens if JIT follows
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