LOL – and a good discussion Dave. I had no problem understanding the gist of what you were saying about system theories. Perhaps that has something to do with a couple of short courses I’ve taken in Production Engineering. You can PUSH something through production and have it jam everything up somewhere down the line that isn’t ready for it, or you can have it PULLED along the line as it is needed. PUSHING or ramming something into a system is extremely inefficient as compared to PULLING it along. The Japanese know this well, as they use the “just in time” parts delivery method all over the place.
I’m not sure if I explained it better than you here (kinda whipping this together – as usual 🙂 ).

Well done Dave.