About this Presentation
While most business professionals and academics relate Theory of Constraints (TOC) to The Goal (a novel on managing production processes more effectively) and therefore a manufacturing environment only, TOC is far more than just a production philosophy. This workshop describes the evolution of TOC based on the business problems encountered and solved at each stage in its development, the TOC solutions redefined the focus and expanded the scope and the new system encompassed by the TOC philosophy. At each stage in the development of TOC, a new function and its core problem were identified and Dr. Goldratt and others developed new tools for addressing this core problem / constraint and thus expanded the scope of TOC. Goldratt goes on to define “Focus: doing what should be done… Focusing on everything is synonymous with not focusing on anything… We don’t have a choice but to define focus more narrowly: do what should be done AND don’t do what should not be done.” The rest are derivatives.
What Will You Learn
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Instructor(s)
Christoph Lenhartz
Christoph Lenhartz, MBA, Jonah, TOCICO-certified, Certified Consultant (bdvb), DDPP, DDLP, DDOP, SCOR-P, CSCP, CTSC, CSCA is a TOCICO board ember and past and current Chair of TOCICO. In over 20 years he has acquired a wide-ranging, international experience in industry, as a successful entrepreneur and also a leader of management consulting teams in high complexity TOC implementations. He has lead strategic, business transformation, supply chain management and IT projects and his expertise also includes post-merger integration of supply chain operations for major international groups. One of the leading experts in Europe in TOC and Demand Driven methodologies he is the General Manager of Catena Strategies, a TOC-based consultancy in management and operational excellence. He also serves as Master Instructor for the Demand Driven Institute. He has published articles on TOC, Demand Driven and other management topics in journals such as “Quality Progress” or the prestigious French "Techniques de l'ingénieur" and has translated and written books on TOC and management topics in German. He is an appreciated speaker and teacher of TOC and related topics. Christoph holds an MBA from Clemson University (USA), he graduated from the University Essen (Germany) as a Diplom-Kaufmann and has pursued post-graduate studies at Washington State University (USA).