Geol Chapter 13

The chapter 13 to Chapter 15 in the book-“THE GOAL” described a little story that the author took his son to participate in a hike with other fifteen boys. Surprisingly, the troop-master did not show up due to the sickness. The author instead of him to be taken in charge this troop consists of sixteen boys included his son of course. The aim of this hiking is to arrive the Devil’s Gulch where they could make the tent. This distance from the place they stand to the destination is about ten miles away. At the very beginning, the author lined them up and required them to follow the trail at the rate of two miles per hour. They started from 8:30 am and hopefully could be there at 3:00pm without sweat. During the process of hiking, the author found
In the process of hiking, the author always found out some gaps exist in the line and the rate of walking of each boy is different. The reason that this situation might happen was that each one must stay behind the one in the front of you. Ron as a leader, others should stay behind him that means Ron controls the speed of the marching. The author discovered that this situation could be called “ dependent events” just the same happened in the plant. The operations are supposed to be following the sequence that means the second operation could be started until the first operation finished. Except the “dependent event”, the author found out the statistical fluctuation also can be analogy between the hiking and plant. The author regulated at the rate of two miles per hour to walk that does not meaning of they have to be walk two miles per hour. The rate could be fluctuated as long as the average of rate is two miles per hour. The same thing happens in the plant. After the author adjusted the team, they start out again. After a while, the author found out the gap between them was expanding again although they tried to keep the same rate and