TOC Disaster
I like to share a screenshot from a leaflet from the 1990.It is from a publicity for Eli Goldratt’s planning software “Disaster.”The name “Disaster” was a provocative warning. “It is impossible to change a company’s culture trough a computer.” (This is why Eli wrote the book the goal).Without real understanding of the algorithm and the…Read More
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An alternative to process mapping
There is a lot to be said for mapping out the processes before tinkering with them, because in that way a lot of incomplete routing, sometimes the one way and sometimes the other, wrongly used processes, and you name it, comes to light. Anyone who has ever experienced an ERP implementation knows many stories about…Read More
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Scan and Plan Market Constraints
TOC Scan & Plan and Market Constraints The TOC-SCAN & PLAN can be expanded with the market constraints training module and provides answers to the following questions:
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TOC and the congestion problem
Can the congestion problem be solved with TOC? Traffic jams in Groot Bijgaarde, an accident at 6 o'clock in the morning causes enormous chaos. Driving times from Ghent to Brussels run up to more than 3 hours, everyone knows the problem. Moreover, there is now no budget to redesign the entire road infrastructure and build…Read More
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Business stability has disappeared – What now?
This post opens up original ways of thinking for those looking for a new way to steer their business in the current unstable economic climate. With the topic of business (un)stability, we want to create an insight into an alternative way to steer both the manufacturing industry and trade and services according to techniques that…Read More
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Intelligent lean
Intelligent lean: A strong component of your business strategy for 2021-25. In contrast to the classic lean approach, intelligent lean is like an outsider but with a much broader scope of application. It is a derivation of the TOC technology for flow control, which, by definition, does not begin to move workstations or machines. This…Read More
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A new scarcity: management time
It is a general adage: Managers walk from one meeting to another and no longer make time for longer-term thinking. In addition, pressure is sometimes seen as a status symbol! This leads to the inevitable vicious circle that you no longer have time to make time. What has changed? The organisations have been slimmed down…Read More
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Proven recipes for failure
Proven recipes for failure: Experience In management conversations, the beautiful word "experience" is sometimes used to softly disguise past failures. However, some of these "experiences" lead to failures so systematically and predictably that it is certainly worth reflecting on them. Part 1: "When everyone sweeps in front of their own door..." Yes, ... then the…Read More
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How do companies react in times of crisis?
So what difference does it make between the survivors, the winners and the others? A first category Conservatives try to deny the phenomenon and continue 'business as usual'. Turnover is falling, but no one is to blame for that, it is crisis for everyone, isn't it? With this reassuring thought, no one feels the need…Read More
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CHANGE MANAGEMENT with TOC-TP techniques.
Several examples of change management already in use.
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Resistance to change
Resistance to change does not exist and that can be proven in a very simple way. Suppose you receive €10,000,000 from us as a gift without conditions. For most of us this is a very profound change in our lives, there is usually no resistance. Resistance to a change only exists if the consequence of…Read More
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C&DS applied: supplying construction sites
Centrally controlled supply of construction sites. It is a well-known phenomenon that construction sites with more complex installations and supplies are often delayed due to the lack of one or other albeit small part. An average shipyard has no or very limited administrative support and the yard manager usually has something else to do than…Read More
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The evolution of TOC process synchronization
The past Since the first applications of the DBR – technique in the 80’s some important additional TOC-related techniques and tools have been developed to support the 5 steps-process that are the result of a regular TOC-implementation. Before that stage, TOC could be perceived as another optimization algorithm like linear programming etc… The present and…Read More
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TOC and APS
The necessary conditions for APS Conclusion Looking at the finite capacity-planning picture one could have the feeling that trying to improve the throughput while having fewer inventories and less operating expenses is a mission impossible. If we try to apply the regular (finite-capacity) solutions the answer is: YES! For getting a realistic solution to this…Read More
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Joe the Efficient Expert
In discussing the costs incident to various types of operations, the analogy was drawn of the restaurant, which adds a rack of peanuts to the counter, intending to pick up a little additional profit in the usual course of business. However, the accuracy of the analogy is evident when one considers the actual problem faced…Read More
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