Bottleneck management: theory and practice

Bottleneck management: theory and practice

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Article ID: iaor2007575
Country: United Kingdom
Volume: 17
Issue: 5
Start Page Number: 441
End Page Number: 447
Publication Date: Jul 2006
Journal: Production Planning & Control
Authors: ,
Keywords: programming: constraints
Abstract:

Advocates of TOC believe that bottleneck resource restricts an operation's ability to make money, and the best way to maximise income is to fully exploit the bottleneck resource. Almost all TOC literature focuses on situations where 100% bottleneck utilisation is applied. Based on the implementation experience, the finding is that the optimal level of bottleneck utilisation should be less than 100% and any attempt to increase utilisation beyond the optimal level brings disastrous results for a door manufacturing plant. In order to improve and maintain the performance of the plant effective bottleneck management is critical. The experience provides a deeper understanding of how to design such plants, which could be beneficial for practising managers and academics working with TOC concepts.

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