                OTHER THAN FLOW I

   This is the last data file that requires entry from you in
this program.   It has the most difficult concept to master
in the entire program.   Most managers, when asked to
describe reasons for two operations being close, have
difficulty thinking of other than flow of materials reasons.
The reason for this is that they are flow or results
oriented.   Their performance is measured by the productivity
of their unit.   They equate productivity to output alone,
and lose sight that productivity measurement is impacted in
the long run by a measure of efficiency.   You can produce
high volume inefficiently and reap high volume undesireables
such as customer complaints.   There are internal factors,
that influence the efficiency of a pair of operations, that
have nothing to do with flow of materials.   Getting a
manager, who is locked in on flow, to recognize this fact is
difficult.   In this section, you are required to get input
from your managers, as to how the operations should be close
to each other for reasons other than flow of materials.

