Systems and Delays
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- Delays in systems can lead to counterintuitive oscillations rather than stability.
- Shortening a response delay can amplify oscillations, while lengthening it can stabilize the system.
- The book 'Thinking in Systems' uses a car dealership example to illustrate how combining delivery and response delays causes fluctuations.
- Managers should model systems and test parameters instead of relying on intuition about delays.
- The author created a bitmap font and read two books during a vacation, including 'Thinking in Systems'.