"A chain is only as strong as its weakest link."
During my tenure at a software consultancy organization, I was part of a team that consulted for a nonprofit organization running a small t-shirt and bag manufacturing factory. The organization employed rehabilitated sex workers (who had been forced into the sex trade), trained them, and offered them an opportunity to earn a living. The organization wanted us to evaluate if a technology solution could help with their operations and manufacturing pipeline. We spent a day learning about each step of their process and talking to the women working in each section of the factory.
I clearly recall one of the problems that they brought to our attention. The bag production process involved many steps. It started with receiving bales of cloth, which then had to be cut based on the orders required. Once the bags had gone through stitching, quality checks, and printing, they would all be packed into batches of 50 bags...