ConceptLocal Optimization Trap
Local Optimization Trap
A concept in productivity research describing the phenomenon whereby significantly optimizing one component of a system does not necessarily increase overall throughput proportionally, and may instead make other bottleneck components more pronounced.
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Oct 6
When one part of a system is significantly sped up, the overall throughput does not necessarily increase proportionally; this is referred to as the Local Optimization Trap.
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