Peter King – Operational Excellence Society https://opexsociety.org Thu, 10 Nov 2016 15:52:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://opexsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/cropped-Opex-Favicon-512x512-32x32.png Peter King – Operational Excellence Society https://opexsociety.org 32 32 Finding & Managing Bottlenecks in Process Plants https://opexsociety.org/body-of-knowledge/finding-managing-bottlenecks-in-process-plants/ Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:15:29 +0000 http://www.xonitek.com/?p=4389 This post Finding & Managing Bottlenecks in Process Plants appeared first on Operational Excellence Society.

One of the primary objectives of Lean is to achieve smooth continuous flow of material through the process.  If there are bottlenecks within your process, they can inhibit flow, cause inventories, and prevent throughput from matching customer demand (Takt). In order to make progress towards Lean goals, bottleneck resources must be identified, managed and improved. From a...

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