Bottleneck
Category: E-commerce and workflow
A bottleneck is the stage of a process with the lowest capacity; it determines the throughput of the whole line. Adding capacity anywhere else does not increase output.
How PhotoRobot uses it
In a PhotoRobot studio the bottleneck can be capture, editing, upload or quality control, and it moves as constraints are removed. Studio managers learn to find it before adding equipment or people in module B26, Industry 4.0 Readiness.
Related terms
- Throughput: How many products a studio or workstation finishes per hour or shift.
- Production line: Several connected workstations that process products in stages, like an assembly line for images.
- Industry 4.0: The connected, data-driven automation of production: networked machines, sensors and remote control.
- Takt time: The available production time divided by the required output, i.e. the pace one product must be finished at.
Where this term appears on photorobot.com
Mentioned on 4 pages of photorobot.com:
- What is Scalable Product Photography? (Glossary)
The primary bottleneck in traditional studio photography is the reliance on individual human execution. - What is Automated Product Content Production? (Glossary)
…rich, engaging visual content is deployed across all sales channels without operational bottlenecks. - How to Improve Productivity in Fashion Product Photography (Tutorial)
It’s important to identify and correct any bottlenecks, from indexing to editing, post processing and exporting visual content. - Macro PI - From Assistant to Fully Automated Pipeline (Blog)
The real bottleneck that jeopardizes throughput and ROI is immediately afterwards – data management.