Coke (used as fuel in Blast furnace) is produced in Coke Oven Batteries which consist of alternately arranged heating walls and Ovens. For efficient process, optimal heat distribution over the entire heating wall is essential which necessitates the m ...

More and more practitioners of systems improvement have come to realize that the Theory of Constraints (TOC), Lean and Six Sigma are actually very compatible and synergistic with TOC often providing the focus for where to apply the Lean and Six Sigma ...

The need for a better math education is clear. With the ever-increasing advancement in technology and the tighter integration of the global economy, relevant social and business problems are more complex. Industries which require technology and scien ...

Significant advance has been made in the field of software development with the introduction of Agile and Scrum. Both seek to introduce a mindset of flow and also handle the intrinsic problem of scope variance that exists in software development. Des ...

The problem of Happiness is, that everyone aspires to be successful & live a happy, fulfilled life; but life for most, is happy only in patches, mediocre largely and stressful in chunks. In his session, Deepak will strongly advocate that ‘Thinking� ...

The impact of the "Blue Ocean" strategy: 'to fulfill a significant need of a big enough market in a way no significant competitor can' is a great contribution to moderns views of management and organizational strategies. Ina more recent book "Blue Oc ...

In this keynote presentation, Dr. Alan Barnard, CEO of Goldratt Research Labs, will share, a number of key lessons we can learn from the way individuals, organizations and countries responded to the Covid19 pandemic. In many cases, there was initiall ...

The aim of the presentation is to deep dive in the Strategic and Tactic trees of the CCPM approach and see how it is used for 4 years to deploy it with customers. In order to do that, we propose a “Best of” of this implementation where we are goi ...

With the COVID-19 pandemic spreading its grip across all industries, leaders need to be well-equipped with strategies that create smart supply chains that can respond to the crisis. ThroughPut Inc.'s AI-powered product ELI, it is specifically designe ...

The question of “what is TOC?” continues be discussed on social media. Ray shares his insights and conclusions to answer that question derived from deployments across all levels and functions in many companies. To validate the answer, Ray will sh ...

This presentation is a reflection on 30 years of using TOC in academic research. I will illustrate 1. TOC’s versatility across a range of topics and research paradigms; 2. Complementary use of TOC alongside other methods.

The coronavirus pandemic has and will move constraints. This presentation is an example of how TOC allows you to adapt quickly and decisively, while others remain paralyzed.

There is a long-standing problem in managing organizations: how to connect local actions with their impact. The problem is so widespread that many rationalizations have developed. Some to the point of ignoring the importance of making this connection ...

This presentation is a brief overview of each of the Day-to-Day Thinking Process (TP) tools along with examples, primarily from clients & students, in both personal and professional areas. While TOC for Education has provided training in these tools ...

The DevOps movement is full of ideas on how companies should improve, these ideas are created standing on the shoulders of several giant thinkers and doers who in turn transformed whole industries with their own ideas. Let's discuss how we can create ...

Although Uruguay was one of the latest countries in Latin American to start vaccinating their people, in 2 months became the fastest with 1% of daily vaccines doses administered and the second of doses received with 34% of the population. The logisti ...

Do you want to improve your ability to think clearly? For us humans, thinking clearly is not just about being logical, it also involves our feelings. Join this session to learn how to tap into what you are feeling to help you think more clearly. ...

In 2014, BAE Systems Australia faced a challenge in its Lead-In Fighter program. Critical Chain was identified as a methodology that had some credence and believability. The implementation saw an increase from 40% to 100% in on-time delivery. The suc ...

This presentation will address essential elements required at each stage in Planning, Scheduling, Executing, and Analyzing a Portfolio of Projects, no matter the simplicity or complexity of the scheduling environment. Scheduling need not be complicat ...

WiseTech has used the Thinking Processes and applications of TOC since 2006 to grow from a 50 person organization based in Australia to become the global leader in logistics software with over 3000 staff with 18,000 customers in 180 countries. Ian wi ...

Shawn Riley, the Co-Founder of Bisblox and previously the Executive Director of NDIT, along with Alfredo Mycue, the Co-Founder of ReEngine Consulting, will discuss the remarkable transformation of NDIT from a traditional state agency with a 1980's mi ...

Simplified Market Pull (SMP) provides an approach for market-constrained manufacturing companies to jumpstart an ongoing improvement process and a framework to quickly lean out inventory, reduce lead time and increase profits. Learn how to implement ...

A radical new approach on how to use TOC to build a high-throughput sales process.

Case study for TOC DBR implemenation at Intel's distribution centers (factory warehouses and distribution centers). Includes pull for TPS/ Lean & SPC (statistical process control) and reporting tools, and summary of results achieved.

A brief presentation of how Dixie Iron Works grew from 1993 to 2005 with the help of TOC.

The story of a small company and a mega brand making a paradigm shift required for the transition from push to pull in its supply chain.

This case study includes company background, market situation before TOC implementation, why TOC, TOC implementation results achieved after implementing DBR and changing some distribution policies, and finalizes with lessons learned.

This video presentation is a detailed documented case of implementing CCPM for establishing an additional greenfield manufacturing facility(Paper Mill) in India. Presented in Las Vegas, November 2007.

Increase an organization's value through simple value drivers, as demonstrated for Projects management. Presented during the TOCICO International Conference (Las Vegas, November 2007).

Trying to apply Lean to a project environment has been difficult because the techniques have been more geared to the manufacturing floor. This presentation translates lean principles into workable techniques for projects.

Supply chain as a strategic advantage. Agentrics presents its Supply Chain Synchronization, a supply chain implementation method. Presentation given during the 1st European Results Gathering of TOC Professionals sponsored by TOCICO hel ...

A manufacturing company in Slovenia has introduced TOC. Results were immediate even though 2009 was one of the worst business years. The company has doubled its sales and throughput from 2007 to 2009 just by implementing TOC. Other results: best eval ...

The objective of the presentation is to share the learning on building a long-lasting TOC solution in a short period of time. Using SDBR implementation references, it shows the importance of keeping a correct implementation sequence and listening to ...

Learning experiences from a company using the “4 universal flow concepts” to build interaction between comercial and logistical functions as a way to build value based business deals with customers.

To become an ever flourishing company, Omron Healthcare of Japan conducts a holistic implementation of TOC. This case study provides details of the execution.

This roadmap for U.S. Healthcare Reform discusses why change (costs increasing and quality of care not excellent)? what to change (identify core conflict)? what to change to (solution or pot of gold for stakeholders)? How to cause the change (utili ...

This presentation offers an alternative way for TOC practitioners to create wealth and ideally ignite an explosion of companies wanting to adopt the Theory of Constraints (TOC) across the board and asking for TOC consulting, thereby generating the cr ...

Eli Schragenheim moderates this panel by asking varios TOC Professionals and Practitioners about their experience implementing TOC and their insights to sustain results. By interacting with the audience, some of the following questions are discusse ...

Three renowned TOC Professionals share in a Q&A mode of presentation their reasons, motivations, insights and vision about learning and using TOC.

Nerius talks about his quest to get involved in teh Theory of Constraints and bringing TOC to his country - Lithuania and its public sector. He shows the movie they created to enter a competition presented in Davos to publish a 1 minute video on “H ...

Ravi presents the blockages to have a continuous financial performance improvement in organizations. He shows the need to have a clear & unambiguous productivity measurement for the entire system, and suggests a measure that would achive a real syste ...

Dr. Reiter presents the challenge of closing the gap between the goals of education and the actual classroom practice, to satisfy the need to cope with the expansion of knowledge, the need to acquire and practice new skills, and the need to adjust be ...

In the early decades of the new millennium, there has been a growing global application of TOC–TP tools across many industry sectors including the service, healthcare and education sectors. Within the education sector, the TOC–TP tools have been ...

This paper highlights the power & criticality of ‘Clear Thinking’ – in enhancing Success & reducing Stress levels in our life.At the 2015 TOCICO conference, I had presented ‘Transform your life using Clear and Rigorous Thinking’. The theme ...

The application of TOC to bipolar disorder research mightn’t seem immediately apparent. This presentation illustrates how the TOC change matrix, evaporating cloud, communication current reality tree and future reality tree tools were applied in a $ ...

The aim of this Hyde Park session is to capture, in a structured way, the thoughts of attendees about why TOC is an also-ranin the field of management and organisational improvement methods. It seems the power of TOC is not reflected in its populari ...

Do you have obstacles that prevent you (and/or your team) from being more productive (either professionally or personally)? Would you like to have tools to be more productive at making decisions, evaluating ideas, determining a course of action, ment ...

The proposed five focusing steps of the business transformation clarify Goldratt's three questions of continuous improvement and focus our attention on limiting assumptions. Five focusing steps allow you to conduct a reliable, sustainable transformat ...

Case study for taking a complex system at Co-Line and using the simplicity of the 5 Step POOGI to maximize efficiency and minimize OE. The session emphasizes the importance of "How to cause the change" in the success of implementation.

This presentation looks at the Resource Manager in an organization implementing Critical Chain, specifically its role not in managing scarcity of resources, but plugging execution losses.