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OPS.8:9 - Consequences

The operation can reduce avoidable congestion while retaining justified protection. Participants can see whether the next useful action is to replenish a kit, dispatch eligible work, restrict starts, obtain capacity evidence or coordinate another structure.

The cost is maintaining consequential eligibility and replenishment information. A more precise ready queue can initially look smaller without any improvement in the wider operation. The practical benefit is a better policy decision; realized improvement still requires the operating evidence.