2011 TOCICO International Conference

Exponential population growth + finite scarce resources = boom or bust?

Dr. Alan Barnard details research on exponential population growth, its economic crisis potential, and offers strategies for producers and distributors to not only survive, but capitalize and flourish amidst the coming chaos.

More efficient government: Implementing TOC in Utah's Department of Workforce Services

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Utah's DWS implemented TOC to cut costs and boost service. This presentation details DWS's objectives, process, steps, and results, which are now a model for other state agencies' improvements.

Achieving win-win-win in U.S. healthcare reform

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Dr. Ferguson's presentation proposes a win-win-win solution for the U.S. healthcare system's stakeholders, answering "What to change?," "To what to change?," and "How to cause the change?" It includes a roadmap and global healthcare improvement.

Managing change in urban water utilities in developing countries

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Presentation highlights the need for a paradigm shift in basic public services in developing countries. TOC can strengthen management, prioritize actions/investments, and measure performance by development banks and governmental bodies.

Implementing TOC in a cash-constrained organization (Encore)

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TOC implementation is challenging for cash-constrained organizations, but their survival risk helps overcome initial resistance. A 13-week process to resolve the cash constraint has been developed from 12 years of experience in India.

Dr. Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Never say I KNOW - Day 1 Introduction

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Summary of Lisa Scheinkopf's presentation on the TOCICO conference's theme, "Never Say I KNOW," obstacles to clear thinking, related TOC pillars, and the Standing on the Shoulders of Giants (SOSG) process for improvement.

Dr. Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Never say I KNOW - Day 2 The tangibility of the green curve

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Lisa Scheinkopf presented Goldratt's new TOC developments, focusing on the redefined red (growth) and green (harmony/stability) curves. The SOSG process and S&T tree are key to achieving harmony and managing change views.

Visual project management: Seeing how to get things done

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Visual Management (S-CCPM) effectively tracks small and large projects in single and multiple environments. It is easy to manage on a cell phone, tracks resource loading, and guides new work release.

The application of the TOC-TP in developing a comprehensive school improvement plan, and empowering middle school peer mediators and at-risk students in foster homes

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A school facing pressure to improve academic performance chose to involve the entire local stakeholder community in their staff development process to honestly assess changes needed to prepare students for the 21st century.

SDAIS - A roadmap for continuous business success

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Organizations seek improvement but are often disappointed. The SDAIS process (Strategy, Design, Activate, Improve, Sustain) offers a more effective approach for continuous, sustainable improvement, unlike methods such as kaizen.

The project factory

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CCPM helped a $500M oil service company achieve 92% of IT projects on time and budget. The presentation covers project staggering, roadblocks with suppliers, and how CCPM kept the projects on track, using two IT case studies.

Structured practical techniques for implementing TOC: Turbo boost constraint performance in 24 hours

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Companies see 20%-110% throughput increases at constraints within 24 hours post-DBR/BM, with a 2-hour change. One site saw 25% throughput increase the next day after 2-hour training, now over 60% more, requiring layout adjustment.

Operational excellence by a TOC armed IE

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OMRON Healthcare, known for consumer medical devices like blood pressure monitors, has been a TPS success story. Atsushi Kitabayashi will show how OMRON is improving performance and how they used TOC after the recent Japan earthquake.

Fifteen Year Progress Report on Achieving Breakthroughs in Health and Social Care Using the Theory of Constraints

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This presentation reviews progress using the theory of constraints (TOC) to achieve breakthroughs in health and social care performance, addressing emergency care, discharge, out-patient, and elective surgery management.

Successfully implementing the strategy and tactic tree in a fashion retail chain and a company supplying to fashion retail chain

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LRRL, an Indian footwear retail chain, implemented a retail S&T tree in April 2010 to achieve a Viable Vision of tripling sales in 4 years with 10% PBT. Key steps included central planning/sales, a CWH, and supply chain changes.

Applying TOC distribution on a high demand variability environment: A case study in one of the largest cosmetic franchise chain in the world

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A Brazilian cosmetics franchise tested an event-managed process on TOC distribution and inventory. The TVD/IVD-based approach resulted in more efficient replenishment, higher stock turns, fewer stock-outs, and increased sales.

The path to success: How to make any implementation successful

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Learn steps and behaviors to improve implementation success by tailoring your approach to the organization's current state. Focus on actions, not identity, for success.

Implementing POOGI at Great Lakes Copper to drastically increase capacity - a road map to success

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The goal is to implement a process of on-going improvement (POOGI) for capacity and bottom-line results. Key lessons: POOGI may force DBR re-implementation, statistics need automation, and don't underestimate de-coupling for DBR.

Breaking the vicious cycle to achieve bottom line results

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The vicious cycle is a cause-and-effect loop where project pressures lead to negative reactions, causing a downward spiral of ineffectiveness, limited productivity, and undesirable outcomes.

Throughput enhancement in operating rooms: Doing more with existing resources

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Presentation on implementing theory of constraints (TOC) and focused management in operating rooms. Goal: boost throughput, quality, and reduce lead times, with case studies and implementation process details.

TOC massive implementation on SME's

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TOC mass deployment presentation based on 190 SMEs in Bogotá, Colombia. Interventions on financial issues, inventory, and production costs resulted in over 60% of companies increasing sales and profits.

S&T tree as a roadmap to success

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Roadmap (2008-2011) using S&T tree: Yr1: secure working capital/improve operations; Yr2: acquire/integrate company; Yr3: sales increase (€12M to €34M); Yr4: secure €48M. Used MTA/CCPM and achieved buy-in.

Competing against blind kittens: Pricing the TOC way

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Brad shares his experience analyzing competitive pricing practices to find a sweet spot where competitors were scarce. He exploited this by developing a simple, fast pricing process for custom manufactured products called Quick Quoting.

Why assessment units are not a waste of time: A TOC perspective

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Presentation topics: 1. Assessment units improve patient flow using TOC principles. 2. Units buffer care pathways, enabling reduced stays and offloading inpatient beds. 3. Practical delivery, limitations, and relationship to alternative theory.

TOC for effective merchandise Titan Industries Limited Jewellery Division

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Titan Jewelry, part of TATA group, began a Viable Vision project to sustain growth. The challenge is maximizing in-store traffic while boosting inventory turns, aiming for better merchandise effectiveness: right inventory, right time.

Construtora Veloso - Brazil: Prototyping an application of the unified field theory of management

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Construrora Veloso in Curitiba, Brazil, used a Total TOC construction model and critical chain methodology to quickly deliver low-cost homes, overcoming material and labor shortages that affected government housing.

Can TOC fix our ailing healthcare system?

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Conflicting interests among US healthcare stakeholders, unlike for-profits, cause poor performance. Theory of Constraints Thinking Processes (TP) may offer win-win solutions for affordable, high-quality care.

A new breakthrough tool for reducing changes in projects by 50%

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(Goal)Share is a new tool to reduce project changes by 50%. It addresses all three project phases: choosing projects, project content, & execution, unlike CCPM which only addresses execution. It uses an S&T tree & 5 questions.

TOC tapped to accelerate Gulf of Mexico cleanup

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Pinnacle Strategies helped BP rapidly improve the supply chain availability of essential materials like boom, skimmers, and absorbents after the Deepwater Horizon well explosion. They also led decontamination efforts across five states.

The systemic cloud: A map board for mapping any territory

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The generic or systemic cloud is the premier tool in the theory of constraints, serving as a map board for any territory. However, few grasp why it works or how to apply its fundamental rules for rapid, complete analysis.