时间延迟、批处理和某些其他做法可能会在信息流、人流和现金流中带来巨大的波动、自我维持的振荡、不稳定和不可预测的混乱。基于时间的竞争通过减少时间延迟、最小化放大、减少批次、简化、最小化非线性函数来缓解这种混乱和不稳定性。反馈系统分析在20世纪30年代发展起来，FORRESTOR在20世纪60年代将其应用于商业系统。然而，这些概念在工业界几乎是未知的。使福雷托的工作成为可能的计算机也促进了批量处理、延迟和信息官僚，在我们的业务系统中产生了如此奇怪的影响。

TIME DELAYS, BATCHING AND CERTAIN OTHER PRACTICES CAN BRING WIDE FLUCTUATIONS, SELF-SUSTAINING OSCILLATIONS, INSTABILITY, AND UNPREDICTABLE CHAOS IN INFORMATION FLOWS, PEOPLE FLOWS AND CASH FLOWS. TIME-BASED COMPETITION MITIGATES THIS CHAOS AND INSTABILITY BY: REDUCING TIME DELAYS, MINIMIZING AMPLIFICATION, REDUCING BATCHES, SIMPLIFYING, MINIMIZING NON-LINEAR FUNCTIONS. FEEDBACK SYSTEM ANALYSIS WAS DEVELOPED IN THE 1930S AND FORRESTOR APPLIED IT TO BUSINESS SYSTEMS IN THE 1960S. YET THESE CONCEPTS ARE ALMOST UNKNOWN IN INDUSTRY. THE COMPUTERS THAT MADE FORRESTOR'S WORK POSSIBLE ALSO PROMOTE THE BATCHING, DELAYS AND INFORMATION BUREAUCRACY THAT PRODUCES SUCH STRANGE EFFECTS IN OUR BUSINESS SYSTEMS.