Why We Do What We Do – At Constraints Consulting

EACH ORGANIZATION HAS 1 OF 4 CONSTRAINTS:

1. A CAPACITY CONSTRAINT
A resource that cannot provide timely capacity the systems demands for it, also referred to as a CCR (capacity constrained resource).

2. A MARKET CONSTRAINT
The amount of customer orders is not sufficient to sustain the required growth of the system.

3. A MANAGEMENT CONSTRAINT
The amount of demand (in units of time) for finite management attention exceeds the availability to maintain the system.

4. A TIME CONSTRAINT
The response time of the system to the requirement of the market is too long to the extent that it jeopardizes the system’s ability to meet its current commitment to its customers as well as the ability of winning new business.

3 QUESTIONS REQUIRE THE RIGHT ANSWERS:

1. WHAT TO CHANGE? – TOC Management Consultant
“Doing the right thing vs. trying to do everything right.”

2. WHAT TO CHANGE TO? – TOC Analyst
“Elevate, Manage, or Break the Constraint.”

3. HOW TO CAUSE AND MAINTAIN THIS CHANGE? – TOC Implementer
“A Process of OnGoing Improvement.”

THE RIGHT ANSWERS:

1. The Theory of Constraints (TOC)
2. Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM)
3. Drum-Buffer-Rope (DBR)
4. Throughput Accounting (TA)
5. The TOC Thinking Processes (TP)
6. Demand Planning – Buffered Replenishment (DPBR)