Why This Matters
Bottlenecks constrain throughput and hide in cycle time distribution, speed loss, and starvation/blockage. Real-time bottleneck identification enables targeted capacity improvement.
Litmus Enables
- ✓Real-time cycle time tracking and distribution analysis
- ✓Bottleneck identification and root-cause analysis
- ✓Speed loss detection and performance trending
- ✓Starvation/blockage identification with context
- ✓Capacity simulation and what-if analysis
Discovery Questions
Use these to guide client conversations
- •Current throughput: __ units/shift; target: __ units/shift
- •Cycle time: __ seconds; distribution: ____
- •Biggest bottleneck: ____; how much capacity is lost?
- •Speed loss: __% of ideal; starvation/blockage: __% of shift
- •What is the cost of 1 additional unit/day?