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title: "Insights: Case Studies | Common Sense Systems"
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# Case Studies

4 articles, newest first.

[All](https://common-sense.com/insights/) [AI 31](https://common-sense.com/insights/tag/ai/)[Theory of Constraints 30](https://common-sense.com/insights/tag/theory-of-constraints/)[Strategy 28](https://common-sense.com/insights/tag/strategy/)[Small Business 24](https://common-sense.com/insights/tag/small-business/)[Healthcare 19](https://common-sense.com/insights/tag/healthcare/)[Operations 17](https://common-sense.com/insights/tag/operations/)[Practical Tips 14](https://common-sense.com/insights/tag/practical-tips/)[Medical Devices 9](https://common-sense.com/insights/tag/medical-devices/)[Leadership 8](https://common-sense.com/insights/tag/leadership/)[Case Studies 4](https://common-sense.com/insights/tag/case-studies/)[Government 3](https://common-sense.com/insights/tag/government/)[Workforce 3](https://common-sense.com/insights/tag/workforce/)

-   [How a Print Shop Found 35% More Capacity in a Week](https://common-sense.com/insights/print-shop-found-capacity-in-a-week/)
    
    March 8, 2026 · [Small Business](https://common-sense.com/insights/tag/small-business/), [Theory of Constraints](https://common-sense.com/insights/tag/theory-of-constraints/), [Case Studies](https://common-sense.com/insights/tag/case-studies/), [Operations](https://common-sense.com/insights/tag/operations/)
    
    A fine art printing company in Kent, WA was drowning in rework and backlog. The constraint was obvious once we looked: the graphic artist was doing every job twice. A pre-flight checklist and a simple scheduling change fixed it.
    
-   [From 'Cost Center' to 'Growth Engine': A Theory of Constraints Success Story](https://common-sense.com/insights/cost-center-to-growth-engine-toc-case-study/)
    
    March 5, 2026 · [Theory of Constraints](https://common-sense.com/insights/tag/theory-of-constraints/), [Medical Devices](https://common-sense.com/insights/tag/medical-devices/), [Case Studies](https://common-sense.com/insights/tag/case-studies/), [Operations](https://common-sense.com/insights/tag/operations/)
    
    How applying the Theory of Constraints 5 Focusing Steps transformed a reactive, email-only support model into a white-glove customer success engine for a high-value ultrasound research systems manufacturer.
    
-   [One Tool Was Starving Four Teams](https://common-sense.com/insights/one-tool-was-starving-four-teams/)
    
    March 5, 2026 · [Theory of Constraints](https://common-sense.com/insights/tag/theory-of-constraints/), [Medical Devices](https://common-sense.com/insights/tag/medical-devices/), [Case Studies](https://common-sense.com/insights/tag/case-studies/)
    
    A clinical ultrasound project was six months behind schedule. The constraint was not the engineering — it was the register map tool that every team depended on and nobody had questioned.
    
-   [Two Months Back on an 18-Month Project](https://common-sense.com/insights/two-months-back-on-an-18-month-project/)
    
    February 22, 2026 · [Theory of Constraints](https://common-sense.com/insights/tag/theory-of-constraints/), [Medical Devices](https://common-sense.com/insights/tag/medical-devices/), [Case Studies](https://common-sense.com/insights/tag/case-studies/)
    
    How standardizing a communication protocol on a smartphone-powered defibrillator project unblocked an entire engineering team and saved two months of development time.