A significant distortion on the perception of reality prevents the use of a common sense approach. Dr. Goldratt shares his experience in Japan to explain how the Critical Chain solution removes this distortion in project management environments. He t ...

In this sixth part of teh second day of Eli Goldratt's Upgrade Session, Alan Barnard facilitates the usage of the process previously shown. He first gives some few examples and then after allowing the audience to work on their own , some participants ...

Much of the literature and practice of TOC confuse the fundamental principle of a constraint and what we need to focus on to leverage and/or overcome it: the critical resource and required bottleneck. A clear understanding of the differences and over ...

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 ...

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 ...

A look at the current reality and future direction for software providers and integrators. The rules have changed. Proof that in order to survive, software providers and integrators must collaborate to change the bureaucracy of the computer systems t ...

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 ...