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Chapter 4: Q23-7DQ (page 646)

Define and explain the cause or causes of a moving bottleneck.

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A bottleneck arises when there is insufficient capacity to fulfill an item's and service's need or delivery.

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01

Introduction to Bottleneck

The word "bottleneck" refers to the shape of a bottle and the fact that the bottle's neck is the shortest point, making it the most likely place for bottlenecking, causing the flow of liquid from the bottle to be delayed.

02

Analyze the causes

Reasons for moving bottlenecks from the manufacturing process include:

  1. Lack of alternate process pathways or resources.
  2. Malfunction in the present method.
  3. Limited functionality owing to a low-capacity channel.
  4. Unscheduled process timings.

Hence, it is critical for an operating system to be efficient and effective to avoid resource bottlenecks.

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