About this Presentation
There is a 3rd Way (out of five) to increase Throughput in a System — without acting on the “flow rate” Constraint (to increase the Volume of the Flow), or reducing the “lead time” Constraint (to increase the Velocity of the Flow). Instead, increase the Value of the Flow, by acting to improve the Value-to-Customer (V2C) of the Output — as illustrated in the solo-preneur Melissa Case Study.
What Will You Learn
To help you get the most value from this session, we’ve highlighted a few key points. These takeaways capture the main ideas and practical insights from the presentation, making it easier for you to review, reflect, and apply what you’ve learned.
The session challenges the assumption that throughput can only be increased by acting on bottlenecks or speed, introducing value creation as a powerful third path—especially when flow does not yet exist.
It reveals how focusing on what customers value most, rather than on internal limitations, enables entrepreneurs and innovators to create throughput from zero to one.
The presentation hints at how Liebig’s Law of the Minimum complements Goldratt’s constraint thinking, shifting attention from weakest links to strongest, value-enabling links.
It illustrates how TOC can extend beyond organizations to experiences and even individuals, opening new frontiers for applying TOC thinking to modern economic and personal systems.
Instructor(s)
Richard E. Zultner
Richard E. Zultner, Jonah - Mechanic*, is a Level 3 TOCICO Certified Implementer (TOCIC™️) in Critical Chain Project Management, and a certified PMI Project Management Professional (PMP). He works with frustrated project managers facing impossible challenges, teaches them how to consistently finish their projects early (in 15-25% less time), by shifting their project management paradigm to Critical Chain Project Management (CC PM).
Additionally, Richard is a Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), and Certified Software Quality Engineer (CSQE), from the American Society for Quality (ASQ). He is a Six Sigma Master Black Belt (MBB), and a QFD Red Belt. Richard is an International Akao Prize® recipient for his lifetime contributions to "Value World” communities, awarded by the International Symposium on QFD (ISQFD), and he holds the title of QFD-Architekt from the QFD Institute — Deutschland.
Formerly Richard was an Adjunct Professor of Critical Chain Project Management at the Howe Graduate School of Technology Management, Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ, USA.