Here is an excerpt from of Chapter 22 Mafia Offer: Dealing with a Market Constraint of the Theory of Constraints Handbook. -------------------------------------- Introduction: What Is a Mafia Offer? A Mafia Offer sounds like something out of a movie, not something...
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Theory of Constraints Handbook
Theory of Constraints Handbook is the definitive guide to Theory of Constraints and covers: Critical Chain Project Management for realizing major improvements in delivering projects on time, to specification, and within budget Drum-Buffer-Rope (DBR), Buffer...
Theory of Constraints Mafia Marketing
Mafia Marketing and Getting Prospects to ask for Help We all want to increase sales, but getting new customers can be a challenge. In fact, this was the number 1 challenge readers of this newsletter listed. And it’s no wonder, according to a Marketing Sherpa study if...
Dr Lisa Lang received TOCICO Lifetime Achievement Award!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The TOCICO held its 16th Annual International Conference at the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas from April 30th through May 1st, 2018. During the conference a number of special events took place including the election of new TOCICO Board Members, the...
Theory of Constraints Job Shop Scheduling The Goal Drum Buffer Rope
Theory of Constraints scheduling for machine shops and job shops based on Goldratt book The Goal called drum buffer rope and simplified drum buffer rope. Why is scheduling custom job shops and machine shops so hard? Can it be easier? What are the most important...
Drum Buffer Rope
Reduce Process Time to Reduce Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time with DBR and S-DBR To reduce the number of days to make and ship the product from the time the order is received; implement Drum Buffer Rope (DBR) [1] Scheduling which results in a mean reduction of lead-times of...
2018 TOCICO Webinar: Back to Basics TOC – Throughput Accounting
Download Slides: TOCICO Webinar 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...
You DON’T need buy-in! (going against Theory of Constraints rules)
Yes, that’s what I said – you don’t need buy-in. We’ve been taught that for any change to stick that we must get buy-in from our people at the outset. We’re supposed to agree on the goal, agree on the problem, agree on the direction of the solution and agree that...
Theory of Constraints Conflict Resolution Evaporating Cloud
From my first Stompernet faculty office hour where I covered the Theory of Constraints Thinking Process tool called the Cloud or the Evaporating Cloud. The cloud is used to understand the root cause of undesirable effects and/or conflicts. While the cloud is part of...
Theory of Constraints Max Profit #9 – Sales Backlog Problems?
Theory of Constraints Sales Backlog - Is your backlog too low or too high? Brad: “It is common for business owners and managers to keep a close eye on the size of their Sales Backlog. It is a barometer of how things are going. Usually it is expressed in dollars. It is...