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bottleneck

[bot-l-nek] / ˈbɒt lˌnɛk /


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Major pharmaceutical companies are racing to secure viral vector manufacturing capacity—an industry bottleneck that could define competitive advantage for the next decade.

From The Wall Street Journal

The gap is probably wider, his group said, because Huawei’s chips are glitchy and scarce, owing to manufacturing bottlenecks.

From The Wall Street Journal

That’s as those companies face bottlenecks from lack of contractors, skilled labor, equipment and transmission to deliver power to compute, he said.

From MarketWatch

Restaurants are investing in scheduling software to better match staffing levels to demand, kitchen technology that speeds up food preparation, and mobile ordering systems that reduce bottlenecks at the counter.

From Barron's

One unexpected bottleneck: aging electricity grids that can’t handle the power.

From The Wall Street Journal