Kitsenduste
Kitsenduste is the Estonian term for bottlenecks or constrictions that limit performance in a system. The plural/genitive form "kitsenduste" is used when referring to multiple such constrictions. The concept spans several fields, including engineering, information technology, economics, logistics, and biology, where a single constriction can determine overall throughput.
In practice, identifying kitsenduste involves examining flow, capacity, and demand. Common indicators include rising wait times,
In manufacturing and supply chains, a system's throughput is limited by the slowest operation; in software,
Mitigation strategies include redistributing work, adding capacity at the bottleneck, removing non-value-adding steps, or rearchitecting the
Etymology and usage: In Estonian, kitsendus denotes constriction or bottleneck, and kitsenduste is its plural/genitive form
See also: bottleneck, throughput, process optimization, stenosis, theory of constraints.