About this Presentation
More and more practitioners of systems improvement have come to realize that the Theory of Constraints (TOC), Lean and Six Sigma are actually very compatible and synergistic with TOC often providing the focus for where to apply the Lean and Six Sigma tools. In spite of this, TOC is not only still perceived by many as non-compatible with Lean and Six Sigma and some practitioners of Lean and/or Six Sigma continue to promote the perception of incompatibility. One source of this continuing perceived conflict is TOC’s focus on balancing flow in contrast to Lean s focus of balancing capacity. Part of the underlying cause of this perceived conflict is how waste and balance are defined, specifically as it applies to individual process cycle times and capacity and how those definitions are then applied to the design of a production system. This presentation will look at how the conflict can be resolved by challenging the assumption that TAKT time and capacity should be the same. We will see how system balance can be attained by focusing Lean tools on the cycle time side of the system design and the TOC tools on the capacity side. Video length: . PDF: slides.
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