Case Studies/Stories
The Enterprise AIRSpeed Journey
Strategic Direction and the Integration of the Theory of Constraints, Lean, and Six Sigma (TOCLSS) to Achieve Focused System Improvement – This detailed case study describes AGI’s work to improve the aircraft maintenance and supply support system for all of U.S. Naval and Marine Corps aviation around the world.
Corning Display Technologies
Supply Chain Success Through Demand Pull – This brief case study describes Corning’s improvement in providing higher sales volume with lower inventories to its glass customers in the TFT-LCD (thin film transistor-liquid crystal display) industry.
TIMCO Aviation Services
The Importance of Strategic Alignment for Successful Solutions – This brief case study emphasizes the value of strategic alignment to guide improvement and operations decisions in TIMCO’s project management of diverse aircraft MRO (maintenance-repair-overhaul) operations.
Eastern Financial Florida Credit Union
This full-service financial institution implemented TOC's DBR and Buffer Management in its mortgage department. Results include increased profits, greatly improved member/customer satisfaction, and a better work environment for employees.
Suntory
Using the TOC Supply Chain Solution, Suntory was able to successfully align its Corporate Information System division with the businesses it served to deliver beyond its customers' expectations, ahead of schedule and within budget.
Gunze
Using the TOC Supply Chain Solution, a division of Gunze (Japan) realigned its business systems to meet 2004 goals by the third quarter of 2002.
Kiowa Corporation
With TOC, Kiowa has been able to reduce its start-up time on new projects by 60%, resulting in increased business with existing customers, and landing new customers which created a 40% growth in revenue.
Seagate Technology
Working with AGI, Seagate implements Critical Chain Project Management and brings the first 15,000 rpm disc drive to market ahead of its competition, causing all competition to pull out of the market.
F-22 Project Raptor
Lockheed Martin, The Boeing Company and the F-22 Special Program Office are using Critical Chain Project Management to build the most sophisticated stealth fighter in the world.
BAE Systems
In this article which originally appeared on ets.news.com, BAE President John Pitts discusses the organization's success using Critical Chain Project Management.
Valmont Industries
Valmont has been a successful TOC company for more than ten years.
The Clowes Group
Using TOC, this UK printing company addressed its sales constraints, won back lost clients and is exceeding revenue expectations.
Lucent Technologies
Using Critical Chain, Lucent's Outside Plant Fiber Optic Cable Business Unit reduced its product introduction interval by 50%, improved on-time delivery, and increased the organization's capacity to develop products.
