Every system has a bottleneck. As you optimize bottlenecks, more will show up. Pushing manpower, materials, and money at a bottleneck increases pressure but does not increase flow. The FOCCCCUS formula is Find, Optimize, Coordinate, Collaborate, Curate, Upgrade, Start again.

What you'll learn in this episode:

• Law of bottlenecks: every system has one, optimizing reveals new ones, increase capacity not push through
• FOCCCCUS formula: find, optimize, coordinate, collaborate, curate, upgrade, start again
• Trench box story: sequencing allowed capacity increase without second trench box
• Paint shop story: canopy with heating lamps increases capacity on rainy days
• Challenge: find five bottlenecks at work by breaking down process steps

The better way to increase flow is not to push things through a bottleneck but to increase the capacity of the bottleneck.

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