Year Wheel · The cycle · Component
The collisions
Where the two cycles land on top of each other — usually the same two or three months every year.
The deliverable
What it is
Plotting demand and internal obligations on the same wheel makes the collisions obvious, and they are the same ones each year.
Most are resolvable by moving something internal, which nobody does because the collision is only visible once both cycles are drawn together.
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What it is made of
Each element is a constituent part of the component. Follow one to see the attributes it carries.
The cost
What the collision actually costs.
3 attributes: What gives way · Consequence · Years recurring
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The demand peak always wins. The internal obligation is done at the last moment, which is where errors come from.
The other components in the cycle
The demand cycle
When customers buy across the year — measured from the organisation’s own history rather than assumed from the sector.
LearnThe operating cycle
When the organisation is busy internally — which is a different shape from the demand cycle and rarely plotted alongside it.
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