This article assumes the reader is familiar with the Toothpick and Dice Game. This article will use data recorded by one group to answer the questions stated in this paragraph. This article will seek to answer if a balanced factory works, explain inventory changes, what is a constraint and has it changed in the game, how in the game can the constraint be lifted , what adjustments were made in the game, how did these adjustments affect inventory and throughput, and whether the adjustments were successful? Does a balanced factory work? The concept of a balanced factory is about finding the point where capacity and efficiency balance. A balanced factory does not operate all the time due to changing factory and market conditions, the quality of workers employed, and the quality of materials. These factors impact a balanced plant because it involves dependent events and statistical fluctuations. A dependent event in this situation is one where each resource depends on a workstation that precedes it. If each workstation is not operating at full capacity, the difference between full capacity and used capacity ripples through the entire workstation lineup, affecting each workstation. Statistical fluctuations cannot be predicted with precision, i.e. what will happen next or what will be needed. To have balanced plant operation, a plant must properly examine its dependent events and statistical fluctuations from each other. Inventory variations were affected by statistical fluctuations. The die thrown at each station symbolized the statistical fluctuations of a factory. In the factory, the series of workstations was limited to statistical fluctuations. If the workstation rolled a die low...... middle of paper ......cation of the theory of constraints can be seen during visits to Costa Vida in Rexburg Idaho on a weekend evening. The queue for food is obnoxious and long. This is due not only to high demand, but also to a constraint and bottleneck at the end of the Costa Vida production process. They have many workers preparing and preparing the food and usually only one worker mans the cash register. If Costa Vida put another employee at the second checkout, the queue would move twice as fast, moving more customers through. By adding another employee at the second cash register, Costa Vida would send a welcome signal to future customers that there is a shorter queue instead or at least a faster queue. Usually, a longer queue or wait time deters customers from entering, which affects the maximum possible throughput potential for the restaurant..