According to the Theory of Constraints, all of the following activities help to relieve the problem of a bottleneck in operations except:
A) Eliminating idle time at the bottleneck operation.
B) Reducing set-up time at the bottleneck operation.
C) Shifting products that do not have to be made on bottleneck machines to nonbottleneck machines.
D) Increasing the efficiency of operations at nonbottleneck machines.

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The Theory of Constraints focuses on improving the throughput of the bottleneck operation because it directly impacts the overall system's performance. Increasing the efficiency of operations at nonbottleneck machines does not relieve the problem of a bottleneck, as the bottleneck operation determines the maximum output of the entire system.

According to the Theory of Constraints, All of the Following