Question

Q4: Provide a definition of a bottleneck. Why is it important to find the bottleneck?

Answer 1

Definition: Bottleneck

bottleneck is the situation in a production system in which limited capacity of the system reduces the capacity of the whole production and supply chain process. This results in supply overstock, losing of customers, reduced employee morale and ethics, slow production activities and reduced productivity and efficiency.

It is very improtant to find the bottleneck due to following reasons.

• To increase the productivity
• To enhance the employee morale and ethics
• To increase the efficiency of production lines and supply chain systems
• To avoid the losing of customers
• To effective utilization of resources.
• To reduce cycle times of production process
• To ensure that all machinaries are used at full capacity.

Due to above reasons, it is very important to find the bottleneck.

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