When one bottleneck is eliminated, another bottleneck arises.

When the flow rate cannot be obtained because of a certain bottleneck B is too thin, making B thicker will increase the flow rate up to a certain point.

• At some point, however, making B thicker becomes ineffective.
• B is no longer the bottleneck, because other parts of the system have become bottlenecks.
• Overextended B gets to play.
• The process of making the bottleneck thicker will always lead to a situation where it makes no sense to make it any thicker.
  • If we repeat the same actions as in the past by following past successes and precedents without considering the implications of past actions, the costs incurred will be wasted.

2025-03-10

• antonym
  • Bottlenecks move elsewhere as they are resolved.
  • Bottleneck moves - movement

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