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Buffers are not optional. They comprise required protection to the system. While I’ve drawn and referenced parts in the system, the buffers are really TIME. The constraint buffer for instance is the time between the release valve (release of raw materials) until the time the constraint is scheduled to work on the constraint. The constraint capacity is well known. We are really paying attention to the constraint. We schedule every minute of the constraint. We know what part is to be made at what time and how many. There is no guess work at the constraint. But, we don’t schedule non-constra