An asset bottleneck limits the production capacity of the plant and its ability to face up to demand.
If one strictly applies this definition, it means a plant can only have one bottleneck at a time, but in reality, many can occur during the same period of time. More than one influence factor can engender the appearance of bottlenecks, such as asset failure.
Reduction in the failure of critical assets, allows for both an increase in plant production capacity and the identification of new asset bottlenecks.
Statistical reports on the criticality of plant assets facilitate identification of the principal asset bottlenecks and the prioritization of improvement efforts, leading to an increase of production capacity at the plant, as well as a reduction in the costs applicable to the maintenance activities.
