We are getting ready to start our next Velocity Scheduling System Coaching Progam. 300+ machine shops and jobs shops have already seen big results. The Velocity Scheduling System is based on Goldratt's Theory of Constraints (TOC) and drum buffer rope. We modified the...
If you own or run a job shop or machine shop, check out this Special Report on the "9 Challenges to Scheduling Your Job Shop and Why Your Schedule is Dead on Arrival!" I'm a lot like you. I read The Goal and loved it. I related to it, and thought it was common sense....
Up to this point, we have discussed how Drum-Buffer-Rope scheduling has the potential to double your capacity with little or no investment or expense. And Throughput Accounting has provided you visibility on the rate at which you make money. Both of these...
Once the lower level of WIP is achieved (using Theory of Constraints) which takes about two weeks, as a job is processed through milling, this triggers the release of another job to the floor to begin processing. What is the effect? Do you realize that the amount of...
Let’s take a simple environment as an example. Say that there are seven operations in this environment: customer service receives and enters the order, engineering programs the part, and when released the order processes through lathes, mills, outside heat treat,...
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...
Up to this point, we provided an overview of Goldratt's TOC (Theory of Constraints), the business improvement process methodology described in the popular business novel The Goal. Perhaps you’ve had the opportunity to take our recommendation from last month and read...
Most companies don’t have processes in place to sell twice what they are selling now, so it is necessary to develop a compelling, un-refusable “Mafia Offer”. A Mafia Offer is an offer so good that your customer can’t refuse it and your competition can’t or won’t offer...
TOC comprises a complete set of tools to support “A Process of Ongoing Improvement” or POOGI. Her are some of those tools: · For operations, there is Drum-Buffer-Rope scheduling · For projects, there is Critical Chain Project Management · For finance and measures,...
The Goal: A Process of On-Going Improvement MOVIE One of the bestselling business books in the world was made into a movie. The DVD typically sells for $895. However, it occasionally goes on sale for $447.50. The video is a great way to introduce the concepts in The...
