An experiment using the knowledge and process of Standing on the Shoulder of Giants has provided research and development of a platform and the related process for decision making. Challenge the basic assumptions within TOC and outside of TOC using g ...

How do you know if your project buffer is the right size to immunize your project? This session covers the type of elements that can impact buffer sizing, task variability, iteration variability, known/ unknowns and risk, and it focuses on how to use ...

This presentation is a Thinking Process analysis of Japan as a nation. The core problems in Japan are similar to the core problems of other nations: domestic manufacturing is falling, incomes are going down, national debt is rising and healthcare sys ...

Whether turning a prospect into a client or during an implementation, at every step you must sell the solution again and again. This lecture shows you how to use a client's data in the buy in process. Includes three examples of how to take the client ...

The automotive industry faces increased pressure to develop more products requiring OEM and auto components vendors to respond swiftly (more and more projects) and creating an environment with significant back and forth flow of information between th ...

The presentation covers a number of different topics for applying TOC in the healthcare environment and shares the latest results from a project in the mental health area. Further, as the process for Standing on the Shoulder of Giants is applied to t ...

Under the instructions of Dr. Goldratt, the Odyssey Alumni (San Jose, TX) examined the inconsistencies faced by TOC starting with the four aspects of change and looked for the direction which will release the inherent potential in managing organizati ...

Lisa shares some of her insights on how to write the Transformational Strategy and Tactic Tree. She summarizes the lessons into 4 pieces of a puzzle, going from the "big picture" to the "details" when building a transformational S&T Tree. This presen ...

Teledyne Dalsa Digital Imaging shares how it went from manufacturing 1000 cameras per month with 66% on time delivery and a lead time of 10-12 weeks to producing 3600 cameras per month with the same resources with 98.3% on time delivery and 6 days le ...

Dr. Eliyahu M. Goldratt´s philosophy of life captured in his book "The Choice" is masterfully presented by Lisa Scheinkopf in this short video. She explains Dr. Goldratt´s beliefs on how to reach a meaningful life, addressing the four obstacles th ...

This presentation focuses on 2 key challenges faced during the TOC implementation at Titan Watch Division, a large retail chain in India and the 5th largest watch manufacturer in the world: (1) how do you approach a giant company like Titan who holds ...

Internal projects are those which are initiated and executed within an organization by their own project management team. In order succeed in bringing the maximum value to the organization, there are 3 key elements for managing internal projects: (1) ...

In 2011 TOC was called in to help one of the world's largest automotive equipment manufacturers (ranked among the Top 30 LEAN companies). Facing a huge increase in demand, the plant was unable to produce enough to fulfill orders, which led to expedit ...

Government has a tendency to be inefficient and use processes that do not bring results needed. It faces unique challenges in requirements, compliance activities, stakeholders. This presentation is about the opportunities that exist from applying TOC ...

Embraer SA, one of the world's largest aircraft manufacturers, implements Critical Chain in its commercial aviation sector and engages in a process of ongoing improvements (POOGI). This case study shares the problems, objectives, and results of the C ...

This presentation explains how to apply the principles of flow to situations where the resources are working in parallel and the fluctuation of task time is huge (and where there is no way to use capacity or time to control them). Originally develope ...

This presentation addresses how to manage the availability of products in a retail chain where the real constraint is the amount of shelf space and the Retail managers quest is to eliminate lost sales and make the best decisions for category manageme ...

In Japan the results of implementing TOC in several companies yields the similar results: performance improves dramatically and WA “harmony” is achieved. The presentation explains how the 4 TOC Pillars (inherent simplicity, every conflict can be ...

Reality is full of uncertainty, yet managers are expected to deliver certain results, and conventional tools for forecasting, budgeting and planning force certainty and accuracy on uncertain situations. Listen as Yishai Ashlag shares insights on Dr. ...

The ultimate constraint for any business is not money or a machine or technology. It is the management's available capacity. Management's attention is consumed by three main challenges: uncertainty, conflicts and complexity. What is the right way to ...

Alan offers a possible alternative for understanding and resolving the gap that exists between the expected and actual results when actions are taken to achieve a change. Over and over individuals take the same actions expecting to get a different re ...

Oded shows some practicalities of combining the TOC logistical solutions with the financial side of them. He presents the approach he has developed to address the pressures of the financial measurements when implementing the TOC operational solutions ...

Eli Schragenheim shares a particular application developed by him and a friend, based on the happening of one specific negative event where corrective actions need to be taken to avoid its recurrence. He addresses flawed paradigms, and goes into the ...

This video explains the source of the long tail distribution that results from a growing number of SKUs (Stock Keeping Units) and customers required to increase sales in a consumer goods environment. The business potential of dealing with such tails ...

This presentation starts by showing that SAP is much more than an ERP System. SAP Buisiness Transformation Services aims to ensure that SAP customers benefit from SAP, not just to RUN their businesses, but also to GROW and TRANSFORM their business ...

Rob Newbold challenges the need of the Feeding Buffers in the TOC Application Critical Chain. He shows the benefits of conceptually having them, but also the practical difficulties of implementing them effectively. This is evidenced by the many " ...

John presents another critical aspect of sustaining growth. He claims that it is not enough to claim Management Attention as a constraint. John shows that “collaboration” should become the greatest business strategy for sustainable growth ...

Ravi presents a series of actions to be implemented when cash is a constraint.. He starts clearly defining the criteria to determine cash as a constraint, since having cash shortage is NOT a constraint. He uses several examples to show the immediate ...

This presentation is about 10 years of experience implementing TOC to the animal farming industry. Based on the concept of flow for the supply chain, the presentation shows the assumptions that make this implementation different from any others, star ...

Ken shares his 20 years of experience working in Government with the objective of improving its performance. He starts establishing the need of understanding how the "managers" of Government actually work, if we are to improve their perform ...

The TOC replenishment solution for MTA & DTA is exciting. Presented from a practical point of view and directed to TOC practitioners, Oded shares lessons learned in order to ease the implementation process and make it more accessible for companie ...

Dr. James Holt provides a clear and simple overview of the project based environment. He shows that we actually have such an environment in almost every aspect of our personal and professional life. Dr. Holt goes into the details of the multi project ...

Dee starts with an historical perspective of the evolution of project management and the assumptions on which the development of the various elements were based on, specifically on buffer management, its measurements and signals. She shares several e ...

This presentation could be actually considered a workshop, since Jelena shows in detail the criteria she has found by analyzing the standard Strategy and Tactic Trees developed by Dr. Eli Goldratt, to build and scrutinize such trees. Jelena uses exam ...

Eli Schragenheim presents the TOC concept for "Throughput Accounting", the need, the assumptions, the benefits, the limitations, and missing elements that, from his perspective, are required but have not been addressed. Eli proposes a way f ...

Phil shares what went well and what went wrong on 5 of the most recent implementations he has been involved in. For each case he provides a summary of lessons learned and places a significant focus on what has helped (and not) to get buy-in to implem ...

Oded provides insights to the reasons of why there is a gap between the expectations and the real outcomes of implementing the TOC logistical solutions for manufaturing, specifically in environments of Make to Stock (MTO), Make to Availability (MTA), ...

The subtitle of this presentation is "Deliver more, faster and more reliable ICT services and projects". Michel shows the buy-in process to implement TOC to ICT Service Management, starting with the objective of an ICT department and then s ...

Luc Spaas shares the journey that the Caesar Group made in Viable Vision with Goldratt. He provides an historical perspective of how it all started and the actions they have taken to enter the service industry with a TOC perspective. A significant em ...

Gijs presents the significant opportunity that hospitals have to increase their performance, if they implement some TOC operational solutions to reduce the time patients stay in hospitals. He shares his experience in getting buy-in from stakeholders ...

This presentation shows the elements of TOC that can be applied to specific segments: public services, professional services, IT services, banking/insurance, healthcare services. Hans shows the diferences in terminology between the manufacturing and ...

Richard shares his perspective of the use of TOC and the Thinking Process tools for personal development. He specifically shows specific examples of common conflicts used to understand behaviour. He developed what he calls the Model of Behavioural Ch ...

This presentation is about knowledge work environments, how we process change and how we process information, all within the framework of Agile, Kanban and the Theory of Constraints. David shares what he calls his pragmatic, probabilistic, evolutiona ...

Oded touches on a specific practical issue related to the fundamental part of the logistical solution of TOC, mainly the financial aspect of Buffer Management. Managers face a conflict between having buffers and managing them properly, since the task ...

Charlene, as an experienced TOC Professional in the field of accounting, goes through the history of accounting, clearly shows in detail the assumptions under which it has evolved, and the changes that throughput accounting is bringing to the manager ...

About the Products and Environment: Dhanuka Agritech Ltd. is one of the fastest growing agro-chemical company in India for last 10 years. The company produces various types of pesticides, insecticides used to treat various pest attacks on crops. The ...

This presentation covers the past 15 years of applications of TOC in the Mining Industry.  The presentation is presented in the form of a narrative of a typical implementation on a mine, followed by a summary of the key learning points from more th ...

While the ownership and practice of TOC concepts necessitate rational thinking (Effect-Cause-Effect), not enough thought or study has gone into clearer understanding of why organizational Transformation implementing TOC has been such a challenge and ...

Why was there a need for change? Managing scripted and unscripted productions for television, webcasting and theatrical release is quite unique and challenging, frequently resulting in delays and exceeding budget as well as sacrifices in content and ...

STEP 1:What to Change? The long term viability of a TOC implementationSTEP 2: What to Change to?A TOC implementation that is installed quickly, has highly motivated implementers, and becomes entrenched quickly in the organization.STEP 3: How to ...