Batch-and-Queue versus One-Piece-Flow
Here is how batch-and-queue looks like …on the local road…with stop lights… Local Road Here is how One-Piece-Flow looks like… on a major highway … no stop lights… Major Highway Which one can deliver you to your destination faster? One-Piece-Flow! No stop lights (i.e., no phase gates). Batch-and-Queue is not cool. Queueing things up in batches for a scheduled SIT ( System Integration Testing) is a common example. A phase gate. Throw in a complication called ‘Manual SIT Testing’ … and it is a recipe for delayed value delivery… this is a very antiquated practice… not a practice of a…
