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Day-to-Day Thinking Process Tools: Personal & Professional Uses
CourseAn overview of Thinking Process (TP) tools with personal and professional examples. Integrating these tools into daily habits can help reduce conflicts, evaluate options, and improve your overall quality of life.
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Local 2 Global - The Crucial Element to Achieve Synergy
CourseManagement struggles to link local actions to global impact, leading to conflict. This presentation proposes that the Theory of Constraints (TOC) is the only practical discipline to bridge this gap and offers a framework to realize its potential.
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Why it’s so EASY to make BAD decisions, and so HARD to learn from them when you do
CourseDr. Alan Barnard will share 2 decades of research on why it's easy to make bad decisions in complex environments and hard to learn from them. He will offer "hacks" using Theory of Constraints, ProConCloud, and Decision Support Technology.
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Vaccination Plan against COVID -19 at warp speed
CourseUruguay was one of the last Latin American countries to begin vaccinations, yet became the fastest in 2 months with a strategy based on the Goal and Critical Chain concepts, achieving 34% population coverage.
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Capitalizing on Constraint Shifts
CourseThe coronavirus pandemic has and will move constraints. This presentation shows how the Theory of Constraints (TOC) enables quick, decisive adaptation, preventing paralysis seen in others.
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New Zealand residents’ perceptions of self-drive tourism
CourseTourist drivers are often accused of causing road problems and accidents under normal circumstances. The question remains whether this claim is fair.
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How can the TOC Thinking Process be applied to teaching students to write an argumentative essay logically?
CourseTOC POOGI (Process of On-Going Process) with TOCfE Thinking Tools (Cloud, Branch, Ambitious Target Tree) effectively frames logical arguments. The process taught high school and college students in S. Korea with fabulous results.
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Stretched to the Max - Improving an Unemployment System that is Saving the Economy and Defending Against the Largest Public Sector Fraud Attack in US History
CourseA firsthand account of the trials, triumphs, and lessons learned from improving an Unemployment Insurance program to meet citizen needs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Enhancing Self-efficacy Through TOCfE Tools
CourseThis paper details the application of TOCFE tools to achieve high-impact results for perennial issues in Philippine public schools. It highlights the use of thinking tools to facilitate insightful reflections and logical judgments.
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Reading The Goal Backwards
CourseThis thesis investigates the paradigm shift from cost accounting to throughput accounting, a prerequisite for long-term success in implementing the Theory of Constraints (TOC), using institutional theory.
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Achieving Harmony in Organizations to Become Ever - Flourishing
CourseAn application of the TOC Standing on the Shoulders of Giants six-step process, combining concepts from TOC, Emotional Intelligence, The Four Agreements, and Leadership and Self-Deception for sustained growth, stability, and harmony.
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Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: The Flow of Money, THE Number, & THE Constraint
CourseTOC lacks sufficiency to sustain profitability. Adding management of money flow provides the sufficiency needed for organizations to achieve their goal of making more money now and in the future.
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Panel Discussion: How Can TOC Assist in Handling Major Emergency Situations?
CourseThe Theory of Constraints (TOC) can assist in handling emergency situations, such as those caused by lack of oxygen or the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, which disrupts hospitals, the economy, and supply chains.
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Critical Path and Critical Chain - Can They Work in Harmony?
CourseReviews understanding of Theory of Constraints/Critical Chain Project Management (ToC/CCPM) by aligning it with Earned Value Management (EVM) through studying its application on a world-class megaproject case study.
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Saving 100's of Lives with the Theory of Constraints Reducing Stroke
CourseTOC helped find a solution to low testing rates for Atrial Fibrillation, a stroke risk factor. Preliminary pilot results showed over 100% improvement, potentially saving several hundred lives each year in Australia.
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Flow Based Scheduling: Mining the hidden gold in complex operations
CourseFlow Based Scheduling eliminates inefficiencies like long lead times, poor on-time delivery, low capacity utilization, excess inventory, and shortages in complex operations (factories, hospitals, etc.), reducing costs and cash tied up.
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Transition from THE GOAL to CRITICAL CHAIN Project Management
CourseOverview of Proven Solutions and Applications to stimulate positive influences & generate new insight for both new and mature TOC users. It shares Lessons Learned from 30 years of teaching TOC across various fields.
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How to really do TOC successfully: A ten-year case study
CourseRay offers insights and conclusions on "what is TOC?" derived from company deployments. He'll share a case study on a renewable energy company's success and provide guidelines to replicate the outcome.
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WWW . WWW - What Went Well . What Went Wrong - 2 Decades of experiments with TOC
CourseDrawing on self-started and consultant-supported implementation of Theory of Constraints (TOC) in India and Europe, this paper shares lessons from successes, failures, and delays in achieving timely results.
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Students' class examples of TOCfE thinking tools for building 'the muscles of mind' to overcome COVID-19
CourseThis presentation shares examples of classes where students used TOCfE (TOC for Education) thinking tools to solve problems related to COVID-19, helping them develop the "mind muscles" to overcome the challenges.
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How to achieve a breakthrough in an industry with the Theory of Constraints
CoursePresentation on achieving breakthroughs in new industries using the Theory of Constraints (TOC). Based on 30 years of developing TOC solutions for industries including financial services, healthcare, tourism, and design.
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Solving the last mile obstacle for implementing a pull solution in retail: A case study
CourseCompetition dumping material and scarce retailer working capital hinder last-mile pull distribution, causing unavailability and frustrating TOC. Vector Consulting Group offers an end-to-end pull solution to resolve this.
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Manufacturing +TOC = 400 Success Stories
CourseRemote implementation of a simplified Drum Buffer Rope system via an online coaching program achieved results at over 400 custom manufacturers and job shops from 2007 to 2020 without consultants on site or software.
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Extending TOC’s reach - Using TOC with other approaches
CourseA reflection on 30 years of using TOC in academic research, illustrating its versatility across topics and research paradigms, and its complementary use alongside other methods.
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The 2 for 1 rule to reduce lead times and Work In Progress
CourseOrganizations seek shorter lead times and faster project completion. The 2 for 1 rule simplifies reducing Work In Progress and speeds up flow in production environments and project portfolios.
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Small Changes, Big Results: Maximizing Client Throughput in a Complex Tax Environment
CourseTaxValet, a small U.S. tax firm, used a Do-it-Yourself CCPM solution to fix their largest bottleneck. In 90 days, they improved client identification, issue escalation, system processes, and on-time delivery.
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Re- inventing CCPM for R&D Projects
CourseStandard CCPM fails in high-uncertainty R&D. The objective should shift from meeting due dates to reducing lead time and increasing output. Vector Consulting Group's modified CCPM has a 100% success rate.
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The Government Environment: How Its Unique Characteristics Invite TOC Approaches
CourseThe presentation details unique features of government to show how The Theory of Constraints (TOC) can be applied to governance, seeking discussion on how government can utilize TOC concepts and solutions.
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How to Make Buffers Your Friends
CourseRob Newbold examines the conflict in project management between predictability (buffers/safety time) and motivation. He shows how standard approaches fail, defines buffers, and offers methods for achieving predictability, motivation, and speed.
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Use of Tocfe tools with highly vulnerable children
CourseTOCFE tools are key for children to communicate child abuse and learn social abilities through inclusive education.
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It’s All About Flow - unifying methodological approaches
CourseThe underlying principle of flow unifies methodologies like lean, TOC, MRP, DRP, and Six Sigma, which were previously perceived as conflicting. This presentation explores the history of these approaches, showing flow as their unifying force.
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Constraint Management for Technical Strategy
CourseTechnical strategy uses enterprise constraints and IT limitations to prioritize initiatives. Key strategies include Digital Disruption, PoC, Technology-led Services, Dematerialization & Virtualization, Cloud-first, and Technical Debt Relief.
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TOC - A novel approach to suicide intervention and prevention
CourseThis presentation explores the efficacy of the Theory of Change (TOC) in suicide prevention and intervention. The underlying philosophy is that saving one human being is equivalent to saving the entire world.
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The Journey Begins - Partnering for Purpose, Peace and Prosperity
CourseThe writer believes that the TOCfE tools, based on the impressive results from TOC in the private and public sectors, could mitigate many gaps in Jamaican Society if widely used throughout the education system.
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Hypergrowth: Why revenue should be the responsibility of operations: never sales!
CourseJustin will discuss two false assumptions that hinder growth and result in poor organization design. He will present a new organizational perspective to drive growth.
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Where Should the Constraint Be and What to Do About It?
CourseTheory of Constraints (TOC) differentiates Tactical and Strategic Constraints. It uses Focusing Steps for bottlenecks. Rules for the strategic constraint location are based on resource cost (market for inexpensive, most expensive/rare for costly).
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Addiction and the Theory of Constraints
CourseAddiction in C-suite executives can be a covert constraint on organizational productivity. Addressing the organization's boundaries, authority, roles, and tasks may reveal addictive processes in the organization and its managers.
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Application of TOC Change Matrix to Scale up Hat Profiles- a New Product Category in Retail Structural Market
CourseTata Structural introduced Hat Profiles, a new product, but faced stiff market resistance to adoption. The Change Matrix was used to identify the resistance source, develop an overcoming strategy, and achieve scale-up.
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COVID-19 Vaccinations Using the Five Focusing Steps of TOC
CourseLearn how one community health center used the Five Focusing Steps to administer over 50,000 vaccines in 3 months during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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Leveraging TOC
CourseA 6-year journey using Theory of Constraints (TOC) across all business aspects in the Steel sector. The company has a $6 Bn topline.
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Feelings Shmeelings: Using What You Sense and Feel to Think More Clearly
CourseTo think clearly, humans must be logical and consider their feelings. Join this session to learn how to use your feelings to improve your ability to think clearly.
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TOC & Industry 4.0
CourseIndustry 4.0 is a costly breakthrough lacking a clear use-case. Combining it with the Theory of Constraints (TOC), a focusing mechanism, could yield huge impact. The challenge is correct implementation.
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Using TOC to Investigate the Real Problem with Budgeting
CourseTOC Thinking Tools examined problems with Traditional Budgeting as a research methodology. The tools organized the literature review, designed questions, analyzed findings, and provided a practical solution to a long-term problem.
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Reducing the Payment Cycle time in Export Biz - Going beyond the goal using cutting edge Blockchain technology to question the Status Quo
CourseA change/no change matrix was used to reduce export payment cycle time. A blockchain solution for trade finance was developed to greatly reduce time and provide necessary data security for stakeholder acceptance.
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Leveraging TOC in Software Product Business - Relevance & Application
CourseA key challenge for mid-size software companies is deciding what to develop, how frequently to release, and ensuring product value contributes to customer satisfaction and company ROI. Failure to address this can have a massive, negative impact.
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100% and Beyond - Removing Obstacles from the Capacity Release Process
CourseTOC limits constraint equipment use to 100%. Removing this barrier allows for greater exploitation, releasing capacity and delaying the need for new equipment.
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Problem Solving Maps in the Philippines: a brief history
CourseThe first Problem Solving Maps (PSM) online course began in 2014 in Valenzuela City, Philippines, led by Dr. Jeni Corpuz. It trained 60 teachers, who then trained 45 more, impacting over 15,000 students. PSM now reaches thousands.
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Reflections on the Use of TOC to Manage Healthcare Clinics
CourseClinics worldwide face challenges in providing excellent quality at a reasonable cost due to a lack of well-trained personnel for efficient system management. A curriculum is proposed to train staff and support consultants serving clinicians.
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DevOps Transformation Using TOC
CourseThe DevOps movement uses ideas from influential thinkers who transformed industries. The discussion focuses on how adopting the Theory of Constraints (TOC) can lead to significant technological improvements.
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Boosting Astrum Super Production to increase market share by using TOC principles
CourseTata Astrum Super, launched in Mar 2019, faced two challenges in the HR retail market: HR sheet availability and a complete SKU basket. FY20 avg monthly dispatch was 2.5 KTPM. A 5 Focusing Steps approach was used to meet the FY21 demand of 10 KTPM.
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Assessing Blockchain Technologies through the Six Technology Questions
CourseMake sense of Blockchain Technologies by applying Dr. Goldratt's Six Technology Questions to see through the hype.
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Compensation Systems for Sales Professionals
CourseThis paper explores sales compensation systems, their strategic importance, bottom-line effects, and drivers. It uses simulations and machine learning to demonstrate the impact of systems compliant and non-compliant with TOC principles.
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Five Focusing Steps of Any Business Transformation
CourseFive focusing steps for business transformation clarify Goldratt's three questions of continuous improvement and help focus on limiting assumptions. They enable a reliable, sustainable transformation for any business (TOC, Lean, Agile, digital).
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The Value and Future of Education Programs on/with TOC for Education
CourseYasunaga Wakabayashi will overview his TOCFE practice, sharing lessons from teaching TOCFE at Kyoto University and a non-profit. His experiences showed him TOCFE's great potential and its power to change the future.
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The Death of ERP
CourseDanny Walsh discusses the limitations and origins of current ERP solutions, outlining a path for a different, potentially more effective solution.
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What to invest in? Technology or Benefits?
CourseMany organizations see poor returns on software investments due to long implementations, change management, and cost. Our DDR Data Feed service and ERP Expansion Pack deliver business results without upfront IT costs or training.
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Applying The Goal in Financial Organizations
CourseGoldratt UK applies "The Goal" principles across industries, especially Finance, achieving great results by re-engineering flows, visualizing queues, and managing WIP, as demonstrated in their numerous implementations.
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From The Goal to Novel Addiction Treatment
CourseThe author developed a new, successful addiction treatment model based on biology and using Theory of Constraints (TOC), arguing that traditional methods are ineffective due to an incorrect paradigm.
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The Ghost in the Machine: A tale of noise and flow
CourseShewhart, Deming, Shannon, and Goldratt, from physics backgrounds, shared an approach to "non-deterministic noise" (variation, bottlenecks). The presentation connects their work (SPC, Info Theory, TOC) to modern DevOps/DevSecOps.
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Day-to-Day Thinking Process Tools: Personal & Professional Uses
CourseAn overview of Thinking Process (TP) tools with personal and professional examples. Integrating these tools into daily habits can help reduce conflicts, evaluate options, and improve your overall quality of life.
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Local 2 Global - The Crucial Element to Achieve Synergy
CourseManagement struggles to link local actions to global impact, leading to conflict. This presentation proposes that the Theory of Constraints (TOC) is the only practical discipline to bridge this gap and offers a framework to realize its potential.
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Why it’s so EASY to make BAD decisions, and so HARD to learn from them when you do
CourseDr. Alan Barnard will share 2 decades of research on why it's easy to make bad decisions in complex environments and hard to learn from them. He will offer "hacks" using Theory of Constraints, ProConCloud, and Decision Support Technology.
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Vaccination Plan against COVID -19 at warp speed
CourseUruguay was one of the last Latin American countries to begin vaccinations, yet became the fastest in 2 months with a strategy based on the Goal and Critical Chain concepts, achieving 34% population coverage.
-
Capitalizing on Constraint Shifts
CourseThe coronavirus pandemic has and will move constraints. This presentation shows how the Theory of Constraints (TOC) enables quick, decisive adaptation, preventing paralysis seen in others.
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New Zealand residents’ perceptions of self-drive tourism
CourseTourist drivers are often accused of causing road problems and accidents under normal circumstances. The question remains whether this claim is fair.