Throughput

In the book Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser, he talks about the labor practices of these fast food businesses. He mentions that these businesses have a high "throughput' rate. I believe that throughput is the amount of work/goods a business can produce. In the book he says that a small amount of people can produce a massive amount of goods for a business. Since these businesses produce a lot of goods, they can send out the goods to the businesses. The faster the throughput is the happier we are.