local optimum
The entire production process is interconnected and influences each other system. Looking at just one part of it and making improvements will not improve the overall performance.
Splitting and optimizing doesn't make sense.
Negation of [divide and rule
The production process of physical things is DAG because of physical constraints, but the general system is not. ---
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