You may also find situations similar to this in the transactional world. For example, when information is entered into a computer screen, processed through the system, and then printed out on a printer at another location in the facility, the transactional value stream faces the same dilemma. Adding the travel distance that is required to retrieve the printout is no different than pulling work-in-process from one end of an extruder after it has been ground, mixed, liquefied, and extruded into a form (as described in the manufacturing example).