In most cases, information technology solutions are enablers of value creation for the whole organization. In many cases, IT-related expenses and investments are a major component of the total budget of the organization. Experience shows that the dem ...

In his keynote presentation, Gil West, COO of Delta Air Lines, reflects on his 30+ years history with TOC and the impact it’s had on his own professional climb to COO of Delta Air Lines as well as on Delta itself. He tells his story with humor and ...

In his keynote presentation, Dr. Ajai Kapoor talks about a critical ingredient in creating a culture of ongoing and significant improvement - the "physical change" that forces people to question their assumptions and ultimately embrace the change tha ...

Dr. Ronen explains a new, full-scale methodology for increasing throughput, shortening lead times and improving quality of service without breaking the budget limitations of non-profit organizations.

Contrary to the common belief, more stock doesn’t equate to more sales for a retailer. Miguel Teles describes how Sport Zone has applied TOC principles to their supply chain, managing more than 15,000 SKU’s from suppliers through more than 130 st ...

Thomas Hoffmann explains how Lufthansa Technik AERO Alzey’s TOC based production system has helped navigate fluctuating demand, changing product mix and new engine introduction all at the same time. His presentation also addresses how the company u ...

The regular dynamic of a family business environment can easily jeopardize company performance and harmony due to special dilemmas and challenges. Aureo Villagra describes how to use the TOC principles and tools in order to create a robust process to ...

What if you could have a sense of self-growth and meaningful action every single day? Nami Sawai shares the TOC-based process that she developed and uses, which enables people and teams to take charge of their growth trajectory, becoming much more sa ...

Fundamental changes in any business are difficult, but especially for those that are industry leaders and have grown to be arguably the best and largest. Airline catering market changes and new entrant pressures created a competitive environment that ...

If incentives and performance measures are not understood and changed, they can thwart the progress of an implementation. Javier discusses several examples drawn from implementation experiences to show how important it is to consider behavior early i ...

Learn how Godrej Consumer Products, a large Indian multinational, has leveraged TOC to identify potential upsides in their acquisitions to early success in their M&A integration. Dr. Sinha and Mr. Jagannath talk about how the company is using TOC sol ...

Dr. Oley shares the journey from 1999 through today of Medgar Evers College and its use of Theory of Constraints (TOC) to reduce student attrition. Building on Success 2018 participants learned how this New York urban college has used TOC thinking to ...

After a 14 year hiatus from go cart racing, Guilherme Almeida decided to return to the sport and set the bar high; to win a podium spot at the Brazilian Go Kart Championship. In this presentation Guilherme shows how he applied TOC concepts in his pre ...

SkyWest Airlines COO Mike Thompson shares with the audience how employing the Theory of Constraints (TOC) concepts of low WIP and full kit enabled step improvements in overnight maintenance performance for the largest regional airline in the United S ...

Chris Fay describes how Delta Air Lines aligned one area’s entire supply chain to achieve it. He focuses on the seemingly impossible task of bringing its suppliers to the high performance necessary using TOC tools, the right metrics and contracts t ...

The very first Dr. Eliyahu M. Goldratt Award was presented to Delta Air Lines at the Building on Success 2018 Conference. The award honors Delta's relentless pursuit of improvement and operational excellence.

Alvaro Lozano explains how TOC paved the way for AGP to enjoy high reliability, the ability to produce in half the lead time, and increased production volumes to serve its demanding market.

Poverty in the U.S. has been in a vicious cycle for hundreds of years, leading many to conclude that it’s an intractable problem resistant to any permanent solution. But TOC teaches that if we have a common goal, every conflict can be permanently r ...

Big aerospace development projects are expected to be significantly late and overbudget. Frank Doerner presents how Boeing Research & Technology is succeeding to do the impossible – cut the duration of its research projects in half! Not by increasi ...

GM has seen a torrent of changes in 30 years, but TIP – the company’s use of the concepts of TOC in its operations - continues to run. Today, every GM plant has a throughput improvement engineer, every machine collects data from the day it’s tu ...

Clients have found the B2B principle extremely useful in motivate teams to give their best, and improve period after period. This concept is helpful in overcoming the first layer of resistance everyone in the organization wants to improve, so there i ...

With so many good ideas out there, how do you select what to focus on and what not to focus on? High performing organizations are able to sift through the noise and find those few changes that will create breakthrough results. In this workshop, parti ...

We are caught in Inertia when we continue to follow the same practices, even when we know there is a need for change.  Inertia drives us to optimize within a conflict rather than breaking free of the conflict. In his keynote presentation, Rami Gol ...

What is it that is really unique about the leaders who consistently guide their organizations to the next performance breakthroughs? The answer seems quite elusive. A Google search on “Leadership Workshop” yields 260 million results and a search ...

"What’s wrong with cost-per-whatever (product, product line, service, customer, salesperson, or any other subset of an organization)?" Henry Camp and Rocco Surace will share how to build a bridge of understanding between those who made decisions b ...

Contrary to popular belief that improved service levels cost more, Christian Arntsen will share how The L.S. Starrett Co. was able to increase sales as a result of using TOC to deliver better service levels by improving the performance of its supply ...

Achieving and sustaining Art of the Possible (AoP) results requires a methodical approach and focused leadership. The radiator chart utilized by Tinker Air Force Base is a comprehensive game plan intended for leaders to execute and sustain AoP, as w ...