Constraint and Bottleneck Management

Get a comprehensive look at the nuanced aspects associated with managing constraints and bottlenecks.

Introduction

• Manage constraints in your business operations
• Everyday bottlenecks and system efficiency
• Introduction to constraint and bottleneck management

1. Constraints in Business

• Difference between constraints and bottlenecks
• "The goal" of business operations
• Capacity or sales constrained?
• Output, customer delivery, and inventory
• Throughput time and capacity at an airport
• The theory of constraints (TOC)

2. Finding the Constraint

• Process mapping to identify the constraint
• Simplifying complex systems
• Coupled and uncoupled processes
• Finding constraints and bottlenecks by observation

3. Output Performance and Inventory

• Output capacity = Speed x availability
• Causes of lost availability and downtime
• Buffer inventory and WIP management
• Inventory management for maximum throughput

4. System Capacity Analysis

• Calculating the system theoretical capacity
• How to increase system capacity
• Strategies to improve production output

5. Supply Chain Optimization

• Supply chain and logistics performance
• Increasing supply chain capacity

6. Managing Flow and Performance

• Managing inventory and kanban
• Prevent and eliminate bottlenecks

7. Operational Improvement

• Lean and Six Sigma philosophy
• Breakthrough and continuous operational improvement
• Process improvement through speed and downtime

Conclusion

• Transform your operations