Goldratt and the Theory of Constraints. E-Book

Uwe Techt

• Herausgeber: ibidem
• Kategorie: Fachliteratur
• Serie: QuiStainable Business Solutions
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Seitenzahl: 132

Beschreibung

Businessmen and managers, consultancy clients, readers of the Goldratt novels, and workshop attendees often ask: What is this Theory of Constraints? How can it benefit me? How is it different from other management theories? Is there something I can read to quickly understand its fundamentals? This book is an answer to these questions. Using engaging language and offering many real-life examples, it provides an overview of the methods and tools of the Theory of Constraints: Drum-Buffer-Rope, Buffer Management, Throughput Accounting, Pull Distribution, Irresistible Offer, Corporate Strategy, and Viable Vision. You will learn how to recognize and use constraints, how to complete projects quickly and reliably, and how to gain a competitive lead and to turn it into profit.

Leseprobe

ibidem Press, Stuttgart

Table of Contents

Preface

Why this book?

Acknowledgements

What are the goals of the ToC?

So what are the benefits to me?

So who was Eli Goldratt?

How did the ToC come about?

Why “Theory …?”

“ … of Constraints?”

So where is the ToC today?

What are my business targets?

Earn money

Excite markets

Ongoing improvement

Secure employment

Profitable growth

Summary

Food for thought

Earning money—what exactly does it mean?

Throughput (T)

Inventory/Investments (I)

Operating expense (OE)

Financial decisions

How successful are we?

Net Profit (NP)

Return on Investment (RoI)

Productivity (P)

Investment Turns (IT)

Summary

Food for thought

What keeps us from earning money?

There is a constraint!

Five steps toward continuous improvement

1. Identify the constraint

2. Decide how to optimize use of the constraint

3. Everything else must be subordinate to this one decision

4. Elevate the constraint

5. Start over if the constraint shifts

Summary

Food for thought

We are not producing enough!

Problem: Local optima

Dilemma: But we do need local optima!

Idle resources are a waste

Solution: Drum Buffer Rope

Drum

Buffer

Rope

Relay runner work ethic

Buffer management

The dangers of success

Shifting the constraint

Summary

Food for thought

What about finances?

Problem: Cost accounting

Cost considerations

Division of tasks

Investment decisions

Make or buy decisions