Disagreement
Resource Utilization Versus Flow
Simulation Modelling and Analysis and The Principles of Scientific Management hold Maximizing resource utilization is the primary lever for performance — keep people and machines busy (“The Principles of Scientific Management”, “Simulation Modelling and Analysis”); Supply chain science and This is Lean hold High utilization causes congestion and superfluous work that harm flow; optimize for flow, not busyness (“This is Lean”, supply_chain_science).
From the guide Run Operations And Supply Chains On Evidence
The two sides
Maximizing resource utilization is the primary lever for performance — keep people and machines busy (“The Principles of Scientific Management”, “Simulation Modelling and Analysis”)
- Simulation Modelling and AnalysisLaw, Averill M., Kelton, W. David
- The Principles of Scientific ManagementFrederick Taylor Winslow
High utilization causes congestion and superfluous work that harm flow; optimize for flow, not busyness (“This is Lean”, supply_chain_science)
- Supply chain scienceHopp, Wallace J
- This is LeanNiklas Modig