Critical Thinking Tools Programs
The TOC Thinking Processes were one of the earlier developments of TOC at AGI. Based on the two logic constructs of science, these varied set of tools can be used collectively, strategically, or individually to gain breakthrough results.
“I can use these tools right now for the problems I am dealing with today. Very practical.”
“Extremely valuable. I see (in my working level) that the Jonah toolset will be more applicable than other process assessment/improvement initiatives. This toolset will immediately aid me with current issues.”
“This program is meeting all of my objectives for preparation in working at the strategic planning level. I have been seeking a deeper understanding of this for years.”
“Too enormous to express in words. The most intense and powerful training I have had in my career.”
Tools for Organizational Alignment
Five-Day Program
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Provides the critical thinking skills for individuals and businesses in resolving conflict; identifying and trimming serious negative side effects of ideas or proposals; developing plans to accomplish major goals, while building team cooperation; and understanding and communicating precise steps in a process.
TOC Supply Chain Deployment Expert Program and
TOC Portfolio Management Deployment Expert Program
Ten-Day Program
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Provides the critical thinking skills, advanced understanding of the TOC-based solution; increased know-how and insight to drive implementations; techniques to identify misalignments with the solution; techniques to address these misalignments with positive engagement; and the skills to effectively address buy-in of key signal makers to ensure success.
Prerequisite: TOC Portfolio Management Technical Expert Training or Advanced TOC for Production and Operations and Advanced TOC for Supply Chain
Please read Supply Chains and Supply Networks - The Application of TOC and Interdependency Engineering or Portfolio Management - The Application of TOC and Interdependency Engineering
Jonah Program®
Ten-Day Program
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Provides the critical thinking skills for individuals and businesses including the application of these tools to develop a solution/strategy and implementation plan for a subject for which a student has intuition and for which a generic TOC application does not already exist. An integrated roadmap of the critical thinking tools is followed.
Jonah Program® for External Constraints
Ten-Day Program plus pre-work
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Provides the critical thinking skills for individuals and businesses to develop an unrefusable offer to a market or supply base to address an external constraint. A market or supply offering is developed during the class following an integrated roadmap of the critical thinking tools.
Jonah Program® for Facilitators
15-Day Program
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Provides the skills for students to use critical thinking tools through the eyes of others. In addition, students gain skills in facilitating the critical thinking processes with groups to develop solutions where collective intuition is required.
Prerequisite: Jonah Program®
NEW! Jonah Program® for Supply Chain Executives
5-Day Program
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Program Overview
This 5-day intensive program provides the knowledge and know-how necessary for senior-leaders to direct a “top-down, bottom-up” Theory Of Constraints (TOC) based Supply Chain Transformation. The session will cover the Jonah Program® critical thinking skills and the TOC “System of Systems” framework necessary for the participants’ to lead their organizations to better understand and leverage the cross-functional and/or cross-organizational interdependencies into a more effective and efficient supply chain. The material will be presented through lecture, discussion of case studies, simulation-based exercises and direct application to the participant’s supply chain.
Benefits
Participants who successfully complete this program will:
- Understand the TOC “System of Systems” framework and how to use that knowledge to configure and manage a Supply Chain from Point-Of-Sale (POS) to Supplier Delivery so that the links and linkages that make up the chain are integrated and aligned for “System Performance”
- Understand the cause and effect relationships governing supply chain performance and how to effectively modify those relationships for significantly improved and sustainable performance
- Understand to how to plan the supply chain transformation to a level of detail and completeness sufficient to provide a clear way ahead
- Understand the cause and effect relationships governing both current and future performance of their own supply chain and what their transformation plan looks like
- Understand how to utilize the cause and effect relationships governing both the current and future supply chain performance to more effectively communicate the transformation to others
- Understand the leadership style that is most effective when leading a TOC “System of Systems” based supply chain transformation
Course Content
Material covered in this program will include (but is not limited to):
- Use of the TOC Thinking Processes to modify and/or communicate supply chain Current, Future and Transformation states
- The 5 Focusing Steps as a “System of Systems” framework for configuring and aligning supply chains
- Translating the 5 Focusing Steps into a Drum-Buffer-Rope (DBR) scheduling process
- Replenishment as a Pull-Process for planning and managing supply chains
- Establishing an Integrated Planning and Execution Management Process that nullifies the effects of variability in supply and/or demand
- Controlling V, A, T and I Flows
- Make versus Outsource decisions
- Configuring VMI to work
- Policies, Measures and Information Exchange that significantly improve the effectiveness and efficiency of supply chains
Who Should Attend
This class is ideal for SVP, VP, Director and General Manager-Level positions in Supply Chain Planning, Distribution, Logistics, Operations, Procurement and Sourcing who are interested in rapidly improving their Supply Chain performance.
Requirements
Participants are expected to be actively engaged 100% of the time in order to qualify for acceptance. Participants will receive the required reading materials in preparation for the program.
Pricing and Availability
The cost for this 5-day intensive executive-level program is $10,000/seat and is limited to 12 seats per program.
Executive Team Building Discount
A special 10% discount rate of $9,000/seat is available to members of the same management team participating at the same time. Management team participation in open programs is limited to a maximum of 3 participants.
Jonah's Jonah Program®
15-Day Program
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Creates organic capability to facilitate leadership in strategic planning processes based on the application of critical thinking tools following an integrated roadmap. Provides key tools for conducting follow on work of milestone planning, communication planning, and strategy tracking.
Prerequisite: Jonah Program® for Facilitators
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