ITM 601 Study Guide - Shap

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Information Technology Management
• Course: ITM 601
• Professor: N A

Document Summary

A constraint is any factor that limits the performance of a system and restricts its output. In the drum-buffer-rope system at a u. s. marine corps maintenance center case there are a number of constraints that limits the supply chain output. One of the issues with the supply chain process for the marine corps maintenance center is the variance in repair time for different vehicles. As a result of this variance the type and time of repair work was changing and it led to the struggle to complete repairs on time and eventually led to a backlog of orders. This led to the threat of units proposing that they instead divert their orders to private sector repair companies. This is a constraint that of course resulted in a hindered production of repairs being outputted. A major constraint that was identified using toc principles for bottlenecks was the scheduling system.