About this Presentation
Sometimes, the sales department is pushed by their own objectives or finance to get more sales no matter what when sales start dropping and it seems that throughput may not cover operating expenses for a significant period. What is paranoia in such a case?
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 reveals why safety nets in complex systems are more than backup plans — they are proactive flow protectors that reduce risk and uncertainty without adding resource buffers.
It shows how designing safety nets requires understanding variability, constraint behavior, and trigger points, rather than relying on static rules or historical averages.
The presentation illustrates how safety nets can be embedded in process design to maintain throughput and protect commitments even when disruption occurs.
It emphasizes that a well-designed safety net changes how teams perceive risk and response, turning reactive firefighting into measured anticipation.
Instructor(s)
Matias Birrell
Matías read The Goal in 1997 and since then he knew that TOC was the thing to do. With a strong background in industrial engineering and finance, Matías is all the time looking for better ways how to build simpler tools to manage complex systems. During these five years in Goldratt Consulting, Matías has acquired plenty of experience implementing TOC and has adapted the general principles to specific applications in different situations.