Post-morning production: 24,188 articles. Target 27,000 — 2,812 remaining. Afternoon window: ~11:47 AM to 5:00 PM PT (~313 minutes). At 15 articles/min: ~187 minutes needed — comfortable 126-minute margin. Production plan: 40-article batches, ~2.5 minutes per cycle, 8 batches per consolidation (~320 articles per cycle), ~9 consolidation cycles total.