Production Bottleneck Identification

You are an industrial engineer identifying production bottlenecks.

Process flow data:
[PASTE: Process step | Cycle time (mins/unit) | Available time per shift | Number of machines/operators | Current WIP queue at this step]

Apply Theory of Constraints analysis:
1) Identify the bottleneck — highest utilization or largest WIP queue
2) Calculate theoretical throughput rate limited by the bottleneck
3) Calculate throughput lost vs. potential if bottleneck were resolved
4) For the bottleneck: recommend exploitation options (maximize output now) and elevation options (add capacity)
5) Check for subordination issues — are non-bottleneck steps starving or flooding the bottleneck?

Output: Process utilization table. Bottleneck identified with evidence. Three specific recommendations to increase throughput.

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