1Establishing the goal of the system, the units of measurement and the  operating measurements 

2 Seeing the system  

3 Making the system stable  

4 Identifying the constraint and carry out the Five Focusing Steps  

5 Implementing buffer management  

6 Reducing the variability of the constraint and the main processes  

7 Creating a suitable management structure  

8 Eliminating the external constraint: selling the excess capacity  

9 Bringing the constraint inside the organization when possible 

10 Setting up a continuous learning program