In this extract from the Goldratt's Strategy and Tactics for MTS to MTA Goldratt presents and explains the concepts behind Buffer Management as the robust mechanism to adjust inventory targets, ensuring relatively low levels of inventory coupled wi ...

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 ...

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 exposes the risks of implementing TOC in the same way it is being taught, how to identify when implementation goes astray and what needs to be done to ensure sustainability.

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 ...

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 ...