A one-day workshop for newcomers to introduce them to the basic methodology of TOC for any supply chain. Topics include the five focusing steps, drum-buffer-rope, simplified DBR, including the buffer management, planned-load, make-to-availability, ...

Rob Newbold challenges the need of the Feeding Buffers in the TOC Application Critical Chain. He shows the benefits of conceptually having them, but also the practical difficulties of implementing them effectively. This is evidenced by the many " ...

Dr. Goldratt urges us to revisit our thinking patterns when reality changes. By definition a change in reality is a change in at least one behavioural pattern. Not adjusting our thinking and behaviour will lead to wrong decisions.

Alan offers a possible alternative for understanding and resolving the gap that exists between the expected and actual results when actions are taken to achieve a change. Over and over individuals take the same actions expecting to get a different re ...

Operational excellence is a solid foundation for ongoing improvement. This presentation shows how to integrate buffers, measurements, and process to have nearly perfect on time delivery performance. Managers need the right kind of information and beh ...