a bottleneck in production

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• bottleneck — [bät′ lnek΄] n. 1. the neck of a bottle 2. any place, as a narrow road, where traffic is slowed up or halted 3. any point at which movement or progress is slowed up because much must be funneled through it [a bottleneck in production] adj. ☆… …   English World dictionary

• bottleneck — bot‧tle‧neck [ˈbɒtlnek ǁ ˈbɑː ] noun [countable] a delay in one stage of a process that makes the whole process slower and more difficult: • He said the company would not be vulnerable to production bottlenecks because it has 10 subcontractors in …   Financial and business terms

• Bottleneck (logistics) — Project managementIn Project Management, a Bottleneck is one process in a chain of processes, such that its limited capacity reduces the capacity of the whole chain. A related concept is critical path method (see Project Management) and the… …   Wikipedia

• bottleneck — [[t]bɒ̱t(ə)lnek[/t]] bottlenecks 1) N COUNT A bottleneck is a place where a road becomes narrow or where it meets another road so that the traffic slows down or stops, often causing traffic jams. 2) N COUNT A bottleneck is a situation that stops… …   English dictionary

• bottleneck — UK [ˈbɒt(ə)lˌnek] / US [ˈbɑt(ə)lˌnek] noun [countable] Word forms bottleneck : singular bottleneck plural bottlenecks 1) a specific problem in part of a process, that causes delays to the whole process bottlenecks in production, resulting from a… …   English dictionary

• bottleneck — A stage of a process or activity subjected to congestion or obstruction. In production processes, a bottleneck indicates that manufacturing capacity has been exceeded …   Auditor's dictionary

• bottleneck — / bɒt(ə)lˌnek/ noun a situation that occurs when one section of an operation cannot cope with the amount of work it has to do, which slows down the later stages of the operation and business activity in general ● a bottleneck in the supply system …   Marketing dictionary in english

• bottleneck — bot|tle|neck [ batl,nek ] noun count 1. ) a place where a road is narrow or blocked, causing traffic to move very slowly 2. ) a specific problem in part of a process, that causes delays to the whole process: bottlenecks in production, resulting… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• bottleneck —  Something that slows the production process.  ► “The same statistical tools that Deming developed to detect anomalies and bottlenecks on the assembly line have been used by TQM* educators to isolate and resolve educational issues.” (Management… …   American business jargon

• bottleneck — n. 1 a point at which the flow of traffic, production, etc., is constricted. 2 a narrow place causing constriction …   Useful english dictionary

• Free State Bottleneck — Infobox Former Country native name = Freistaat Flaschenhals conventional long name = Free State Bottleneck common name = Bottleneck continent = Europe region = Rhineland country = Germany era = Interwar period status = Special status text =… …   Wikipedia