This Focused Performance Weblog started life as a "business management blog" containing links and commentary related primarily to organizational effectiveness with a "Theory of Constraints" perspective, but is in the process of evolving towards primary content on interactive and mobile marketing. Think of it as about Focusing marketing messages for enhanced Performance. If you are on an archive page, current postings are found here.
Continuing in the spirit of providing "too much information," my similar toilet paper pull process comes to mind. One roll on the roller. An immediate buffer of four rolls in a drawer in the vanity next to the toilet (within reach from where you would be when you need it). When down to one roll in the drawer, the last empty tube doesn't get immediately thrown out, but rather gets dropped to the first floor, near the door to the basement. This reminds me to replenish the drawer from the bulk package kept down there, next to the buffer of 1 to 4 cases of bottled water. We usually go through the latter faster than the former (won't go there), so when our next trip to Costco is triggered by dropping to one case of water in the basement after replacing the one kept in the kitchen, it's easy to assess whether it's worth picking up another bulk pack of TP as well.
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