The theory of constraints uses the following five steps to achieve its goal of improving organizational performance:
1) Exploit the binding constraints.
2) Elevate the organization's binding constraints.
3) Identify an organization's constraints.
4) Repeat the process as a new constraint emerges to limit output.
5) Subordinate everything else to the decisions made when exploiting the binding constraints.
What is the correct order for performing these steps?
A) 3, 1, 5, 2, 4
B) 3, 5, 1, 2, 4
C) 1, 3, 5, 2, 4
D) 3, 1, 5, 4, 2

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The correct order is to first identify the constraints (3), then exploit them (1), subordinate other processes to the constraints (5), elevate the constraints (2), and finally repeat the process as new constraints emerge (4).

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