Webinar recording: Aerosud, a Theory Of Constraints pearl in South Africa. Johan Steyn, the Managing Director, presented their experience in the implementation of the Theory of Constraints (TOC) and how TOC helped to manage the Covid-19 crisis.

1 hour webinar + 30 mins of Questions & Answers.

 Aerosud is an aeronautics OEM. The company adopted TOC in 2010. They initially applied it to the Supply Chain and manufacturing with great success, then they implemented Critical Chain Project Management. They pursued their TOC journey by applying the Logical Thinking Process to build their Goal Tree and this led to launching a new audacious service offering. Then Covid-19 struck. Their response was to trigger and co-lead a South African initiative to rapidly develop the products that the country needed to face the pandemic. Today, they have redefined and repositioned themselves to continue to thrive in the new context.

I’m honored to be invited by the India Chamber of Commerce, ICC, to deliver a webinar on The Power of the Theory of Constraints, targeting micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME), and other senior executives, which look for a solution for the current situation in the Indian market. Partnering with me on the webinar is 3P Technologies India Pvt Ltd (3PTEC).

The objective is to highlight what makes the Theory of Constraint (TOC) the perfect match to supply chain organizations in these crazy times, where changes in the demand occur very fast and in a big way.

Learn a simpler, modernised version of the Theory of Constraints, that's been specifically adapted to work with modern Agile teams.

[...] we’re running this Masterclass twice – once at a Europe-friendly time, and once at a US-friendly time.

Your execs say your dev teams are too slow, that you’re holding the entire company back. They want you to speed up, but everyone’s already so busy, and you can’t hire more devs. Your product team agree, but they’re not engaged. And you’re stuck in the middle.

Most people think bottlenecks are a bad thing. They are when they’re not managed. They slow you down and cause rework and chaos. But when they’re managed, they’re like a secret turbo-charge button hidden deep inside your Dev teams, that normally no one can see it because they’re all so busy.

This Business of Software Masterclass led by Clarke Ching will teach you how to speed up your dev teams without hiring more devs. You will come with some understanding of the theory of constraints and the challenges you currently face in your organisation and leave with a clear understanding of what that means for you in practical terms in your own situation.

The Masterclass is limited to just 12 attendees, to ensure attendees get maximum interaction time with Clarke.

Why you should NOT use VSMs to try and find the bottleneck in your factory. Value Stream Mapping is a powerful and widely used tool. It can be used to improve the speed and efficiency of the production of one product. But is is not the right tool to identify the bottleneck or capacity constraint in a production system. This short video explains why.

The Theory of Constraints International Certification Organization (TOCICO) unites people who share a passion for win-win holistic thinking and share a vision that this will become the main way to manage organizations. The TOCICO is a global not-for-profit certification organization for TOC practitioners, consultants and academics to develop and administer certification standards, and facilitate the exchange of latest developments.

Webinar recording and Questions and answer session recording: "The Theory Of Constraints in Production". How to boost a Lean approach? How to put the flow at the center of thinking to increase overall performance?

Webinar recording + Questions and Answer session recording: "How to find bottlenecks in production and projects. The first step of the implementation process of the Theory Of Constraints.

Managing Cash Flow during uncertain times by Ravi Gilani - Module 1

175 quotes from The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement

By Dr Lisa Lang Facing resistance to change?  Try this step by step change management process. When we encounter resistance to change to implement our ideas (...)

Where is your Constraint? In the Work Flow? In the Work Process? In the Work Execution? How can you find it?

Episode 3 of the "Campfire Talks with Herbie," an ongoing series of short live-broadcasts about the TameFlow Approach and the Theory of Constraints.

Presented by Eric BISSON - Senior Vice President Operations, Technology & PMO COO of McDonald’s France. McDonald’s in France has over 1,400 restaurants. [...] Using a mixture of Theory Of Constraints, Lean and common sense they redefined how they managed flow. As a result client service times were significantly reduced and global efficiency increased. It also made their process robust, easily absorbing micro rushes that had historically been significant disrupting factors. ...

There’s an “A-ha moment” waiting in it for everyone. Thirty-five years after it was first published, Goldratt’s classic remains an essential book for all entrepreneurs and executives

[...] Here comes my report, in the form of sketch notes, different from what already exists, with my signature in it. It doesn’t stop here, there is a greater calling and I am going to write a series of 10 episodes on this book with sketch notes for each part, stay tuned!

Basic concepts series, DIY series, available in several languages, TOC Quotes, Echoes of TOC (articles by imminent TOC experts, etc.

SUPERCHARGE YOUR MANUFACTURING PROFIT WITHIN SIX MONTHS USING THE THEORY OF CONSTRAINTS (TOC)
The workshop will be conducted Online via Zoom by International Experts, Hendrik Lourens from Sydney, Australia, and Arrie van Niekerk & Callie Roos from Pretoria, South Africa on Thursday18th June 2020 on Zoom from 08:30 to 12:30 South African and Serbian Time, 09:30 to 13:30 Eastern European Time, 12:00 to 16:00 Indian Time.
This four-hour workshop serves as a short introduction to the Theory of Constraints (TOC) concepts and how they are implemented in industrial companies operating in complex environments. Attendees will receive a good grasp of their application and potential. After the workshop, prospective companies may wish to discuss with Stratflow how they can progress further the implementation of the TOC concepts in their organisation.

This TOCICO webinar explores the problems of Cost Accounting and why you should not use it. Then the Throughput Accounting - T, I and OE solution for both global measurements and decision making is presented. Presenters: Dr. Lisa Lang and Beau Ganas (CPA)
Throughput Accounting is the Theory of Constraints method of accounting which does NOT allocate costs but instead places emphasis on increasing Throughput. ...

[...] The Theory of Constraints (TOC) Thinking Processes relies heavily upon the intuition of the individual using it. In order for this intuition to be useful, it usually must be verbalized and communicated to others. Since the verbalization process can be difficult for many people, TOC has developed some intuition-helping tools. One of the most fundamental is a dual-purpose set of tools, referred to collectively as the Categories of Legitimate Reservation (CLR’s). These CLR also serve to help solidify the logic of each causal connection. The CLR’s also help us construct our own logical relationships and help us evaluate the logic of others. That is, the CLR’s help us all avoid errors in logic as we progress through the construction of our Current Reality Tree.

Over the past 37 years the “Throughput Accounting” component of the Theory Of Constraints has evolved. The questions it is trying to answer are fundamental: what should we sell and at what price? or is this investment pertinent? In this short extract, world expert Eli Schragenheim presents the history of Throughput Accounting. He explains why Throughput Per Constraint Unit is an incomplete answer. He discusses the “Cost Accounting is Enemy N°1 of Productivity” 1983 episode. He explains the difference between “Products” and “Throughput-Generators”…

Just one quote: “In the short term TOC [Throughput Accounting] gives you the right answer but it is a short term view.”

Since this conference Eli Schragenheim has co-authored with Henry Camp and Rocco Surace “Throughput Economics” that provides a contemporary description of the subject today. Recommended reading.

A collection of videos to learn the basics of the Theory Of Constraints produce by Rajeev Athavale the author of the Do It Yourself ePub e-book collection.

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