For TOC applications such as Critical Chain to become permanent in an organization, it is not sufficient to train new behaviors and practices. Locking in the gains requires a deep understanding of why behaviors and practices must change — the minds ...

The challenge of sustaining TOC in organizations is well known and a source of much frustration within the TOC community. Understanding the nature of the obstacles faced is an important step on the road to increasing the spread and sustainability of ...

Acquiring companies using TOC principles, and improving its performance using simple, powerful TOC solutions is part of GCPL’s culture now. Each acquisition in different parts of world brings in challenge for core TOC team to quickly understand cul ...

Learning Objectives:1. Clearly define “Want” and “Need” and discern between them.2. Learn how to test “Want” and “Need” statements for proper meaning.3. Obtain practical tools and experience to test diligently the terms for effective ...

Marta Piernikowska-Hewelt studied Special Education at Gdansk University, and International Education at Stockholm University. In 2007, she became TOCFE certified facilitator. She was involved in the organization of the 11th International TOCfE Confe ...

The promise of change and innovation is exciting! But the excitement often fades as we begin to implement changes and breakthrough results seem impossible to achieve. Dr. Yishai Ashlag explores major misconceptions regarding innovation and change, an ...

In his keynote presentation, Rami Goldratt offers in conceptual and pragmatic terms the fundamental mindset and wisdom on which the Theory of Constraints is built. His message resonates at both professional and personal levels.

Lufthansa Technik AERO Alzey (LTAA) is one of the leading independent service providers for turboprop and turbofan engines. In this challenging and competitive industry, LTAA needed a flexible production model to satisfy different customer needs. Tho ...

After implementing the Theory of Constraints almost 10 years ago, Penguin Random House has significantly reduced the number of returns and shortages. Annette Danek and Larrry Perlov walk us through the journey to become the supply chain leader in the ...

In his keynote, Ret. Lt. General Busch shares his experience leading the implementations of improvement initiatives. He shares his insights for leading and sustaining change in large and complex organizations.

Boeing is pushing the envelope as it drives for ever more innovation and a culture of operational excellence. Charles Toups shares their increasing focus on the importance of "full kit" as a way to generate speed and productivity, and how TOC has bec ...

Imagine trying to manage the operations of nearly 5,000 flights per day, carrying over 2 million passengers per year, with almost 800 aircraft. After implementing TOC, Delta has experienced visible and quantifiable results, bringing simplicity and fo ...

Delta was faced with a unique challenge: to simultaneously create an upscale culinary experience and improve relations with their catering partners. Using Theory of Constraints, Delta has been able to create collaboration where there was conflict - i ...

Yazdi Bagli shares how the Theory of Constraints has led P&G Global Business Services projects to be completed faster and deliver greater value to the business, their customers and their shareholders.

Organizations tend to go through one change after another without achieving a single breakthrough. Lisa Scheinkopf guides us through the leadership attributes necessary to create a positive culture for change.

In 1987, GM’s new Detroit Hamtramck assembly plant was struggling to make its demand numbers. Working with GM Research, the Detroit plant control engineers developed an analytical tool called C-Thru to identify and solve the problem using the guidi ...

In our lives we face both good and bad moments. All these moments are opportunities. How well we capitalize on them depends on how conscious we are of our lives — our values, our goals, and our needs.This workshop highlights how we can successfully ...

“Dr. Eli Goldratt, creator of Theory of Constraints (TOC), wrote in the foreword of The Goal, that making a break-through in any field requires only two steps – the courage to face inconsistencies and the willingness to challenge basic assumption ...

A one-day workshop for newcomers to introduce them to the basic methodology of TOC for any supply chain. Topics include the five focusing steps, drum-buffer-rope, simplified DBR, including the buffer management, planned-load, make-to-availability, ...

Bajaj Electricals Limited is located in India, has turnover of US $675 mn and is part of US $6.0 billion Bajaj Group. Bajaj has diversified interests in small appliances, lighting, luminaires, engineering and projects. Bajaj manufactures small applia ...

This presentation will highlight two different manufacturing environments where implementing T-DBR was absolutely critical because the constraint was internal and order sequence mattered. In these environments, implementing S-DBR would have negativel ...

This TOCICO presentation unpacks the elements required to deliver a successful project with CCPM in a highly volatile, unpredictable environment where none of the collaboration partners know anything about TOC nor CCPM. The Project involves the separ ...

This case study describes a physician lead TOC implementation to improve his ophthalmologic practice in a Brazilian hospital. The work consisted of performing 2 retinal imaging exams: fundus photography and fluorescein angiography. After applying the ...

In this presentation we will learn how a small Australian family business increased sales by 50% (an additional $2m), increased its sales quote conversion rate from 30% to over 95%, and reversed declining profit margins in the space of just 6 weeks. ...

With Throughput Accounting ALONE, Viable Vision can be achieved and take companies to 20% ROS without taking real risks in a competitive marketplace.  

The fundamental processes of TOC, strategic questions, focusing steps, buy-in layers, etc. are at the same time generic, versatile and highly effective. The best known TOC process - the Focusing Steps - have been used and delivering results fo ...

The focus of this presentation is to provide a how to process to accelerate the achievement and sustainment of results when helping companies transition into becoming a high performing organization. The scope of the presentation is on accelerating th ...

We are experiencing a unique situation that no one could have visualized that the whole world would be almost stand still for months altogether.This has resulted in extreme disruptions for both material and services. In turn these disruptions have cr ...

Public health care providers typically struggle with the need to meet demand for services, within a limited budget. This paper describes an analysis of a large public hospital, using the Theory of Constraints’ (TOC) comprehensive set of mapping ...

In 2014, BAE Systems Australia faced a challenge in its Lead-In Fighter program‚ he decline of performance in our deep maintenance venues. Critical Chain was identified as a methodology that had some credence and believability, as evidenced by the ...

Managing the TOC Way: How to Stop Warring Divisions and Get Everyone to Work Together to Reach The GoalThis action-packed presentation is designed specifically for the leaders of corporate divisions or business units who want to rise above the normal ...

Once most of the companies were impacted by pandemic, cash became the new constraint. In this presentation Abuhab will talk about how manufacturers and retailers used to exploit their past constraints and how to exploit the new constraint.   ...

A major obstacle in implementing pull distribution in the last mile has been the intermittent disruption of replenishment to the retailer, caused by the flight of capital and shelf space due to the propensity of the competition to dump material using ...

This presentation draws on the experience of self started work on TOC to facilitate workshops and consultant supported implementation of TOC concepts at companies in India and Europe. The paper takes lessons from success, failures and delays in imple ...

The underlying principle of flow unites and unifies various methodologies including lean, TOC, MRP, DRP, Six Sigma and is also the underlying foundation for Demand Driven. Each of these methodologies have had a market perception of conflicting with e ...

Buffers are a common response to variation. Like variation, they are everywhere, including in project plans. Many people feel a conflict in project management between predictability, which requires safety time or “buffers”; and motivation, which ...

Atrial Fibrillation is a significant risk factor for strokes and early detection is key to prevention. This presentation reveals how TOC has helped play a role in finding the solution to low testing rates with preliminary pilot study results showing ...

Eli (Goldratt, 2009) distilled out the 4 concepts (principles) of flow by considering how the seminal innovations in manufacturing flow management were developed to embrace increasingly unstable environments. The absence of reference to ‘constraint ...

Get ready to explore the challenges in Sales and how TOC improved sales performance. The presentation focuses on firsthand experience and data analysis of sales for several companies in the IT sector. In 2017, the founder was looking at some dismal p ...

Dynamic Buffer Management (DBM) was developed by Dr. Goldratt to ensure that product availability is protected against market demand fluctuations. Buffer size, trigger for buffer revision, frequency of buffer revision, and quantum of buffer change ar ...

TOC, Theory of Constraints, is very clear on guidance with respect to WIP: Excess WIP is bad. Little’s Law demonstrates the correlation between the amount of WIP and the lead time to produce a product or a deliverable. WIP should not exceed the cap ...

This case study presentation will highlight how a large defense client achieved some fantastic results without inventing new ways of managing projects. The starting point was going back to the basics of Critical Chain to plan and schedule projects. Y ...

Endress+Hauser Level+Pressure in Maulburg is a leading producer of instruments, sensors, components and services for level measurement and level limit detection, pressure and differential pressure measurement as well as inventory management solutions ...

Engineering To Order (ETO) companies design and manufacture customized products on demand; the process uses customer requirements to define, engineer, and validate a new design that will satisfy those requirements. In this type of business, lead tim ...

Theory of Constraints has made two unique contributions to operations and project management. Firstly, that you cannot ignore system constraint(s) when making commitments and decisions. Secondly, how you consider system constraints, especially capaci ...

The traditional view is that Theory of constraints is based on two principles.#1: One or Few Constraints limit the performance of all Systems#2: To achieve highest, Net Profit, ROI and Cash Flow, managers should focus improvements/investments on bett ...

Sanjeev Gupta shares a compelling case study on Vulcan Mozambique, operator of the largest coal mine in Africa. With a total workforce of more than 17,000 people, Vulcan operates an integrated mine-to-port operation comprised of coal mining, benefici ...

Case study, testimonial and experience of a TOC based Logistics/ Distribution Centre management application, shared during the TOCICO Conference held in October 2004. Appropriate application allows to achieve at least 30% of increase in average produ ...

Case study for South African Breweries (SAB) Miller's TOC journey to world class competitiveness.

This session provides paradigm shifting thinking in software management. Feature driven development based on a TOC software engineering solution with Lean and Six Sigma.