The theory of constraints assumes that there is always exactly one bottleneck in a company that determines the performance of the whole. It is therefore essentially a matter of identifying this bottleneck and, if possible, eliminating it.
Below you will find an exemplary roadmap for the implementation of portfolio optimisation by means of bottleneck management.
Minimal effort: 10 to 15 persons, approx. 15 minutes each. Presentation of results to top management.
Intensive introduction to the topic and development of a rough implementation plan.
Design of the new corporate culture in a workshop with top management.
After 6 to 8 weeks.
Work starts to flow. 10 to 20 percent more throughput. Employees see the success.
Analysis of all active projects. Good preparation of projects to reduce frictional losses.
Simplify plans, set up buffers. Shorten projects and stagger them at the bottleneck. Deadlines that are safely met form the “New Deal”.
Daily feedback from the team. Identification and removal of obstacles. Everyone works together.
Detect and eliminate unproductive consumption of the buffer. Project runtimes are shortened. Throughput increases again by at least 30 %.
Massive acceleration of change in corporate culture, thanks to the use of self-organisation.
Total duration 3 to 5 months.
Michael Retzlaff
Senior Project Manager Healthcare
+49 1742315291
Michael.Retzlaff@consileon.de
We deliver cross-technology solutions for our customers – from innovation to implementation.
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Wolfram Müller, our expert on high-performance organizations, describes six benefits of how your company can profit from bottleneck management.
If a company’s output is not right or processes simply take too long, it is usually due to a bottleneck.
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