I've one copy of John Rickett's new book to give away, compliments of the publishers. If you're interested then pop over to the tocthinkers.com blog and leave...
Has this book been critically reviewed by you or anyone else in the community? I attended a seminar that John Rickett presented and wasn't entirely impressed....
This misinterpretation of constraints, as Justin says, is very common also with "TOC newbies" I think it also stems from the dictionary definition of...
Justin, I would not know about either Mr. Rickett's ToC competence or an urge by those clinging to the cost world to invent extra constraints (seems plausible...
Brian Agree totally. I love the idea of calling (what was previously known as) a 'policy constraint' a 'subordination failure'. This is more congruent with the...
Hi everyone, I suspect many of you will find Alan's work on distinguishing systemic and symptomatic clouds fascinating and useful. I did. I'm about to go and...
*Some more questions with - and intriguing answers from - TOCthinker Bill Dettmer ...* ** *Q4: Thanks for answering the earlier questions Bill. The generated...
There is a tendency lately to combine TOC with Lean and SixSigma (article on APICS May 06 issue, article by Bill Dettmer, TOCICO 2007 etc.) Something bothers...
Nicos, I never read Haystack, but are you sure Goldratt uses the exact statement "value is created only at the point in time that the sale has become...
Dave, Here is the exact quotation from Haystack Syndrome. QUOTE Added value. To what? To the product. But our concern is not the product, but rather the...
Nicos, It appears your "confusion" about the word value is caused by the focus in use at the time. In Haystack, Goldratt is indicating that we create no value...
Hi y’all Over the Xmas break I was talking to my son whose company is suffering financially because of their acceptance of balanced scorecard measures. In ...
Hi Jim, I've been involved in a couple of discussions about BS, the bottom line was: the measurements are OK as long as they impact correctly T, I and OE. That...
Mid next week, I will host our very first Webinar. This free, 60-minute event will explore the application of Sales Process Engineering to Major-account...
Hi everyone, Here're a half dozen q&a's with Larry Leach which I think you'll all enjoy and learn from: http://www.tocthinkers.com/qa_larry_leach/index.html ...
I'm attempting to create a dashboard for an org within our company that is composed of multiple teams. At the front of the org is group A, which passes work...
Richard, Rather than trying to come up with something to essentially calculate the constraint location, how about starting really simply. One approach that...
Hi Richard, If the work has no batching and no "assembly" (meaning one work request depends on 2 or more works requests being present and ready) then it is...
Richard Here’s a checklist that I produced for someone in your situation a few years ago. This is what I suggest doing. I’d like to introduce a sequence of...
Hey everyone, The folks at 800ceoread (a us book seller who specialise in business books) a running an online poll to rank the top 100 business books of all...
I'm so proud! It took 12 minutes to get us to 10 votes ... we're currently in position 1. That won't last so don't forget to vote tomorrow too :) (I really am...
I could not add Its Not Luck. I tried to search for it but its strange that I could not find it. Any clues? ... Rajeev Clarke Ching <clarke.ching@...>...
Hi everyone, There're are some good books on the list. My next favourtie, after The Goal, would be Seth Godin's Purple Cow. I initially thought it was very, ...
Clarke - ... It's good, and painless to read despite being from about 1966. He talks about prioritizing in order to get things done. Definitely belongs on the ...
