Eliminate Production Bottlenecks for 35% More Throughput
Identify constraints, balance workloads, and maximize flow with real-time visibility into your shop floor operations.
5 Steps to Eliminate Bottlenecks
1. Identify Your Constraint
Your bottleneck is the machine or process with the longest queue. Real-time visibility shows which resources have work piling up. That's your constraint limiting total throughput.
2. Exploit the Constraint
Make sure your bottleneck never stops. Pre-stage materials, minimize changeovers, eliminate quality issues at the constraint. Every minute of downtime here costs you throughout.
3. Subordinate Everything Else
Non-bottleneck machines should work at the pace of the constraint. Don't overproduce upstream. Release work based on constraint capacity to prevent WIP buildup.
4. Elevate the Constraint
Add capacity at the bottleneck. Buy another machine, add a shift, outsource overflow, or find faster methods. Investment here has the highest ROI because it increases total throughput.
5. Repeat the Process
Once you elevate the constraint, a new one emerges. Continuous improvement means constantly identifying and managing the moving bottleneck through real-time monitoring.
Real Bottleneck Elimination Results
"We discovered our laser cutter was the bottleneck with 3 days of queue. We added a second shift there and subordinated upstream processes. Throughput increased 35% without buying new equipment."
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