Throughput drops for two days in a row. How would you investigate and respond?

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I would compare current throughput with target and recent history, then break the process into steps to find where the delay is happening. I would check staffing, equipment, inventory, quality rework, system issues, and handoffs. Once I identify the bottleneck, I would test a focused correction, assign an owner, and monitor whether the metric improves during the next operating cycle.