Locations represent fixed physical areas or stations within the system where entities are routed for processing, inspection, or storage.
"Production is down twelve percent this quarter," the CEO had told Elias that morning. "Fix the flow, or we start losing contracts."
Elias didn't have the budget to buy another million-dollar oven. He didn't have the floor space to add another assembly line. He had to make the current system work better, but he couldn't afford to guess. Trial and error on the live floor meant lost money and potential accidents.