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• When the holiday orders arrived, the small packaging team began to [buckle under pressure / scale back / stagger deliveries] in the warehouse.
• A sudden [surge in orders / bottleneck analysis / lead-time pressure] in the New York branch caused severe delays last Friday.
• The Birmingham facility lacks the space to [absorb demand / scale back / buckle under pressure] without expanding the building.
• We keep extra contingency [stock / slots / costs] in Chicago to prevent shortages during the winter storms.
• The operations manager conducted a thorough [bottleneck analysis / capacity crunch / surge in orders] to find out why the assembly line stopped.
• Our production [capacity / staff / season] reached its absolute limit during the Black Friday event in Seattle.
• The directors voted to [scale back / absorb demand / outsource capacity] expansion plans until the economy stabilizes in London.
• A severe capacity [crunch / surge / slot] in the Boston office delayed shipments across the entire region.
• To ease traffic at the loading dock, we decided to [stagger deliveries / buckle under pressure / scale up] throughout the morning.
• Every morning, delivery [slots / stocks / costs] are assigned to our drivers in the Atlanta depot.
• Clients are complaining about heavy lead-time [pressure / capacity / season] regarding our customized furniture in Manchester.

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