by Dr Lisa | Jan 2, 2013 | Dr Lisa, due date performance, job shops
Most of the time when I’m doing private consulting, the problem that my clients think they have is NOT actually the real problem. If you think about it, it makes sense that most people don’t understand their real problem. Because if they did, they would just fix it. ... by Dr Lisa | Jan 1, 2009 | cost accounting, due date performance, goldratt, ineffectiveness, inventory dollar days, theory of constraints, throughput accounting, throughput dollar days, toc measures, unreliability
We are continuing our series based on The Goal by Eliyahu M Goldratt and the Theory of Constraints. {This series was co-written with Brad Stillahn.} Dr. Goldratt proposed that there are just two categories of things that can go wrong. One he calls unreliability and... by Dr Lisa | Mar 22, 2008 | drum buffer rope, due date performance, goldratt, job shops, mix variability, theory of constraints
Of course, doubling available capacity must mean that we aren’t managing our current capacity as well as we would like, despite our best efforts to do so. Is this a reasonable possibility? Let’s check some “facts”: Does your mix vary widely from week-to-week, as is... by Dr Lisa | Mar 5, 2008 | 100% on-time, drum buffer rope, due date performance, eliyahu m goldratt, mafia offer, theory of constraints
TOC is holistic, meaning that there is a complete set of tools available to support “A Process of Ongoing Improvement”: · For operations, there is Drum-Buffer-Rope scheduling · For projects, there is Critical Chain Project Management · For finance and measures, there...
