Identifying Process Bottlenecks

A Bottleneck is anything and everything that can cause a delay. Simply put, bottlenecks are what happens when processing time exceeds Takt Time.

Ex: Long waiting lines in theaters, traffic jams on highways and so on.

In manufacturing, bottlenecks come in the form of work (parts, assemblies, people) that is queued up to the point where it prevents subsequent steps in a process from getting