A Short Introduction to the Theory of Constraints

A while back, an acquaintance asked me to summarize the main aspects of the Theory of Constraints for him. The resulting email provides a nice, concise overview which I would like to share with readers of this blog. I have added a few links allowing you to explore further if you wish. 1 Main Assumptions
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The Quickest Way to Improved Flow 2: Fixing the right mistakes

In the first part of this series, we explained why flow should be the main goal of every organization, and introduced the Four Concepts of Flow developed by Dr. Goldratt. Let us now look at how Dr. Barnard questioned and expanded on them.1 Proponents of the Theory of Constraints will no doubt wonder: what happened
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The Quickest Way to Improved Flow 1: Flow as the Main Goal of Operations

The importance of “Flow” – that is, the unimpeded flow of work through operations – crops up again and again in our work – you may have seen previous posts on the topic on this blog. Dr. Alan Barnard, CEO of Goldratt Research Labs, dedicated an interesting presentation1 to this concept at the most recent
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