by Dr Lisa | POOGI Series, Theory of Constraints Finance, Accounting, and Cash Flow
Dr. Lisa: Each employee has a life outside his or her job in a business. They have family, financial and other pressures. Time off is sometimes needed. Brad: Of course, but business owners have to run the business to satisfy their customers, as well as make enough...
by Dr Lisa | POOGI Series, Theory of Constraints in Operations, Theory of Constraints Thinking Processes
So how do we get the key people in a highly custom job shop to do the totally counter intuitive steps of the Velocity Scheduling System (based on Theory of Constraints Simplified Drum Buffer Rope)? Well, instead of pushing the steps of a system they don’t understand,...
by Dr Lisa | POOGI Series, Theory of Constraints Thinking Processes
In Theory of Constraints we follow a process to improve. First we decide “what to change”. To do this, of course, we need to agree on the problem(s). Once we have consensus on the problem we then work on the solution or “what to change to”. And...
by Dr Lisa | Theory of Constraints Project Management - Critical Chain
SERVICE COMPANIES! I’m looking for 5 service companies to test our Project Velocity System starting sometime TBD in March. You know the 5 circles demonstration I do in my Maximizing Profitability workshop? — this is the version for service companies!...
by Dr Lisa | POOGI Series, Theory of Constraints Thinking Processes
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. Lisa: Back to the process for handling a “yes, BUT”. We are saying “yes” to the solution, and the “BUT” is a...
