A bottleneck everyone works around is capping your output
The whole line waits on one manual check that a senior operator says could be done in-line. Teams have built their day around the wait, so the ceiling it puts on output never gets questioned.
Move the check in-line at the station where the work happens, so the step everything queues behind goes away.
How many units back up behind the step each shift, and the output gain if the wait goes away.
