TOC-Related Articles
New processes to help 412th TW deliver on-time every time
This article on the United States Air Force Flight Test Center's (AFFTC) use of Critical Chain originally appeared in the March 1, 2002 issue of Desert Wings, an AFFTC publication. It appears on the AGI website with AFFTC's permission.
"On time, on budget the challenge?"
This article on BAE Systems Flight Simulation and Training's successful use of Critical Chain Project Management originally appeared on ets-news.com. It appears on the AGI website with the permission of ets-news.com.
"CCPM: AFOTEC program management approach puts right person in right place at right time"
This article on the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center's use of Critical Chain originally appeared in the Winter 2000 issue of Milestones, an AFOTEC publication. It appears on the AGI website with AFOTEC's permission.
"You Can't Spot Serious Shareholder Value? Check Your Paradigms!"
This article was written by Rudolf G. Burkhard, and won the 1999 PricewaterhouseCoopers European Shareholder Value Award. It appears on the AGI website courtesy of PricewaterhouseCoopers and Rudolf G. Burkhard.
"Program Management - Turning Many Projects into Few Priorities with TOC"
This article was written by AGI Certified Associate Frank Patrick of Focused Performance and
was presented at the Project Management Institute Symposium in October 1999
magazine.
To read the article at the Focused Performance website click on the link above. When you're
done, click the "back" button on your browser to return to the AGI website.
TOC Case Study: Oregon Glass
This write-up on the use of the TOC Thinking Processes and Drum-Buffer-Rope
by Oregon Glass was originally published in the May 1999 issue of Midrange ERP magazine and appears on our website with their permission.
"Critical Chain Scheduling and Buffer Management - Getting Out From Between Parkinson's Rock and Murphy's Hard Place"
This article was written by AGI Certified Associate Frank Patrick of Focused Performance and appeared in the April 1999 issue of the Project Management Institute's PM Network magazine.
To read the article at the Focused Performance website click on the link above. When you're done, click the "back" button on your browser to return to the AGI website.
TOC Case Study: United States Air Force
This write-up on the use of the TOC Thinking Processes by the U.S. Air
Force Healthcare System
was originally published in the April 1999 Midrange ERP magazine
and appears on our website with their permission.
TOC Case Study: Bal Seal Engineering
This article on the results achieved at Bal Seal Engineering using
Drum-Buffer-Rope Scheduling was originally published in the March 1999 Midrange ERP magazine and appears on our website with their permission.
TOC in Healthcare: "Hitting the bottleneck"
This article on applying TOC to deal with waiting lists at a clinic in the UK
was originally published in the February 1999 Health Management magazine
and appears on our website with their permission.
TOC Case Study: Rockland Manufacturing
This article on the results achieved at Rockland Manufacturing using
Drum-Buffer-Rope Scheduling and TOC Conflict Resolution tools
was originally published in the February 1999 Midrange ERP magazine
and appears on our website with their permission.
TOC Case Study: Harris Semiconductor
This article on the results achieved by Harris Semiconductor using Critical Chain
scheduling to build a $250 million wafer fabrication plant
was originally published in the January 1999 Midrange ERP magazine
and appears on our website with their permission.
TOC Case Study: Ellwood City Forge
This article on the results achieved by Ellwood City Forge after implementing
Drum-Buffer-Rope and applying the TOC Thinking Processes to sales and customer service was originally published in the November/December 1998 Midrange ERP magazine and appears on our website with their permission.
TOC Case Study: Orman Grubb Furniture
This article on the results achieved by Orman Grubb Furniture applying the TOC Thinking Processes was originally published in the October 1998 Midrange ERP magazine and appears on our website with their permission.
TOC Case Study: Kent Moore Cabinets
This article on the results achieved by Kent Moore Cabinets using TOC Production scheduling (Drum-Buffer-Rope) was originally published in the September 1998 Midrange ERP magazine and appears on our website with their permission.
TOC Case Study: Wendell August Forge
This article on the results achieved by Wendell August Forge using TOC Production scheduling (Drum-Buffer-Rope) was originally published in the July/August 1998 Midrange ERP magazine and appears on our website with their permission.
TOC at Lucas Varity
This article describes the success achieved using the TOC for Production application. Originally appeared in the Lucas Varity internal newsletter Best Practices (February 1998).
Empowerment
Empowering people the TOC way. An article by Eli Goldratt.
My Saga To Improve Production
Eli Goldratt's 14 year journey.
Late Night Discussions
Late Night Discussions originally appeared as a monthly column in Industry Week magazine. These 12 articles convey conversations between a more experienced
Alex Rogo and his friend and mentor, Jonah. Together they examine many
of the problems facing organizations today, and expose some of
the reasons for management's difficulty in dealing with them effectively.
The articles are often used as a starting point for problem solving
activities and discussion groups.
Number 1
How to block your own distribution channels - a discussion on the automotive industry
Number 2
How to turn an excellent solution into a disaster - a discussion on single-source vendor
Number 3
How to go from one ditch into another - a discussion on transfer prices
Number 4
How to throw out hte baby with the bath water - a discussion on automation
Number 5
How to run from one excuse to another - a discussion on Japanese success
Number 6
A discussion on why TQM is not producing the results expected and who has devastating
inertia, the "troops" or the inventors?
Number 7
How to perfect devastating and long lead times - a discussion on project engineering
Number 8
The paradigm shift in material management.
Number 9
How companies behave in a market down-turn - a discussion on market segmentation, part 1
Number 10
How the notion of product price kills companies - market segmentation, part 2
Number 11
How erroneous policies and measurements can kill a friendship - a discussion on human behavior in organizations
Number 12
Where did product cost and product profit come from - a discussion on cost accounting
