Bottleneck

A bottleneck is a phenomenon where the performance of an whole system is limited by a single factor. The term bottleneck is taken from the “assets are water” metaphor. As water is poured out of a bottle, the rate of outflow is limited by the width of the conduit of exit. A bottleneck in a production system could be a positive or a negative factor. In the movie shown, it clearly that the two employees working are a bottleneck in the system. The former departments produce sweets more than these two worker can handle. In real production, this will cause a huge amount of inventory waiting to be processed. One solution to the problem is to add another assemble line with two other worker which will help these two employees.

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