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Increasing the capacity at non-bottleneck workstations

This has the effect of decreasing the raw processing rate T₀, which can be achieved by:

• Process improvements
• Yield improvements
• Rework reduction
• Staffing changes
• Work-sharing, that is pass some tasks between stations
• Adding parallel capacities.

 
 

Performance increase with decrease in T0

Note:

• The benefits of the capacity increase can be realized via increased throughput, decreased cycle time, or a combination of both.
• By Little's Law, increasing TH for constant WIP, or reducing WIP for constant TH means that cycle time will also be reduced.