Necessary but Not Sufficient: A Theory of Constraints Business Novel
Then he is mentored by a professor who tells him he can make incredible progress in a short time if only he can find the plant’s “constraints.” Constraints, he is told, are the obstacles holding the whole system back. Even if he improves everything else in the plant, his mentor tells him, if he doesn’t address the constraints the plant will not mat
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Better, Simpler Strategy: A Value-Based Guide to Exceptional Performance
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Eliyahu Goldratt introduced the Theory of Constraints in his must-read book, The Goal. According to the Theory of Constraints, a business process can only operate as fast as its slowest part. Therefore, if you want to improve the overall output of your business process, you seek out the highest priority constraint, open it up, and the entire busine
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Reaching The Goal: How Managers Improve a Services Business Using Goldratt's Theory of Constraints (IBM Press)
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The Theory of Constraints is a good example of how we are surrounded by complicated systems where the optimal strategy, by definition, is always a simple one: in this case, attack the biggest constraint.
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Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation
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