Which of the following is NOT a valid principle of bottleneck management?

A. Release work orders to the system at the pace set by the bottleneck's capacity.

B. Lost time at the bottleneck represents lost capacity for the whole system.

C. Increasing the capacity of a non-bottleneck station is a mirage.

D. Increasing the capacity of a non-bottleneck station increases the capacity for the whole system.

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Meredith Odonnell

7 August, 17:14

Which of the following is NOT a valid principle of bottleneck management?

A. Release work orders to the system at the pace set by the bottleneck's capacity.

B. Lost time at the bottleneck represents lost capacity for the whole system.

C. Increasing the capacity of a non-bottleneck station is a mirage.

D. Increasing the capacity of a non-bottleneck station increases the capacity for the whole system.

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Brian Prince · Answer 1

D. Increasing the capacity of a non-bottleneck station increases the capacity for the whole system.

Explanation:

Bottleneck management is the management to identify the resource which is limited and needed in the production process, and then managing such resource properly.

In this case, the invalid statement is statement D

As increasing the capacity of non-bottleneck station will only impact all the non-bottleneck stations, but will not increase in any manner the capacity and availability of bottleneck factors.

Thus, the statement is invalid.