The Goal, Chapters $13-16.$ Develop and submit responses to the follow

questions: a$.$ Why does the spread of the line of boy scouts discussed on page $101$ always

become longer as time goes on$?$ b$.$ What characteristics of the hiking troop relate to the production characteristics

of throughput, inventory, and operational expense? c$.$ Using the hike analogy on page $114,$ what happens in a plant if the fastest operations are put in the beginning of the production process, the slowest

operations are put at the end, and all the workers produce at a high efficiency?