Even with your best efforts and the right practices in place, bottlenecks are bound to happen sometimes. Accurate, real-time data from a robust resource management tool will be necessary to isolate and analyze bottlenecks. Identifying and removing bottlenecks involves these steps:
Visualizing each step in a process step
Mapping individual tasks
Measuring cycle times
Addressing bottlenecks and optimizing resource management also requires following these five best practices and requires diligence to revisit how well resources are being utilized before making adjustments as circumstances change.