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Theory of Constraints | Tools and Applications for Theory of Constraints TOC

»Posted on Jun 15, 2010 in Systems Thinking | 0 comments

Tweet Pin It The Theory of Constraints, or ‘constraints management’ focuses efforts on finding and exploiting the true leverage points of a system for maximum effectiveness. TOC Basics At its heart, the Theory of Constraints (TOC) searches for the fundamental constraints of a system… its root causes… A system’s constraint is nothing more than what we feel to be expressed by these words: anything that limits a system from achieving higher performance versus its goal. (Goldratt 1988, p. 453, 1990, p. 4) In this way, TOC allows us to target critical leverage points, or bottlenecks, within the system at hand. See Theory of Constraints simulation cartoon. Understand the TOC theory...

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