The system was operating only at 85% of its designed capacity

We were able to identify the first bottleneck to be the buffer between an assembly and an inspection station

• The minimum buffer requirement was suggested through buffer sensitivity analysis
• The throughput loss due to selecting a smaller buffer was demonstrated

The second bottleneck of the system was the operating sequence of a material handling robot

• The cycle time of the handling robot needed to be reduced or the operating sequence had to be modified