The graphics and accompanying text reveal the implications that stem from the shop floor to our standard of living. The Race allows you to derive a superior system, Drum-Buffer-Rope, for generating logistical improvement. It also shows you how to focus these improvements so they are optimal and not just local. The epilogus and appendix quizzes will give the tohoughtful reader insight in how to initiate and extend a process of ongoing improvement into other areas-like marketing and financial control.