Bottleneck

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  A bottleneck is the term used for any function, department, resource or facility whose needed capacity is less than the demand being placed upon it.

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Example

• If we were to fill an entire bottle with marbles and then try to dump them out the marbles would bottleneck just as shown in the photo above.  This is because the neck is much narrower (needed capacity) than the demand (marbles) being placed upon it.  

  A great book written by the creator of the Theory of Constraints for removing bottlenecks is The Goal: A process of Ongoing Improvement.
Challenge

• Answer the questions below in the comments section and receive a coupon to one of Lean Strategies International LLC's courses.
  
  • ​What is a bottleneck?
    
  • Do you have any at your place of work?
    
  • What is one bottleneck you see daily?
    
  • What is the cause of the bottleneck you see daily?
    
  • How would you go about removing the bottleneck you see daily?
     

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