What is a bottleneck and how do we deal with them?

Some operations in the value chain might bottleneck if the capacity cannot keep up with the rest of the production How to deal with bottlenecks Step 1: Recognize – Bottleneck resource determines whole throughput contribution. (See illustration above) Step 2: Find the bottleneck resource: Identify largest quantities of stock waiting to be worked on. (Is the large area to the left on illustration above) Step 3: Keep bottleneck resource busy: Subordinate all other non-bottleneck resources. The bottleneck operation can never be out of something to do! Step 4: Increase bottleneck efficiency and capacity