Chapter 5

Question 1

When will the utilization of a bottleneck resource be less than 100%?

When the process is capacity-constrained

When the process is demand-constrained

When demand is higher than process capacity

When demand is equal to process capacity

Answer 1

When the process is demand-constrained

In a demand-constrained process, there is not enough demand to fully utilize the available capacity of the bottleneck resource, resulting in utilization being less than 100%.