Talk:Theory of constraints
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did you have software opt/toc ? i need software toc/opt. can you give that software ? (Skys_co@yahoo.com)
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[edit] Recommended Book
Robert Newbold's "Project Management in the Fast Lane" is an excellent book on TOC as applied to projects. Highly recommended! 1574441957 (I am a reader, not the author).
Also, APICS.org is an active promoter and developer of TOC in practice.
Thanks for the article. Wikipedia rocks.
Craig
[edit] TOC-related software
Under TOC-related software, may I also recommend the excellent, Free, Open-Source application FreeMind. http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page. It's general-purpose mind-mapping software, but very versatile and easy to use in doing those "Prerequisite Trees" and "Transition Trees" etc. Craig
[edit] Application-Specific TOC Solutions
I added the information about plant types, but the wiki formatting looks ugly. Should it be indented or possibly moved somewhere else? Jackvinson 15:04, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Buzzwords
I added the buzzword tag to a section here, which seemed to contain extremely abstract slogans and very obvious statements. - Smerdis of Tlön 14:35, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Smerdis - The section on Thinking Processes quotes almost directly from the TOC literature, such as it is. Is your concern with the introduction to the section or with the list of specific thinking processes? I've removed the word "generic" and the second sentence, as I see that they don't help. Jackvinson 05:48, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
Since it´s been more than two months since the issue was discussed and the original tagger didn´t explain his motives, I dropped the buzzword tag. --Luiz Esmiralha 201.51.228.235 09:53, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Opening
"Theory of constraints (TOC) is a body of knowledge on the effective management of (mainly business) organizations, as systems. The author is Eliyahu M. Goldratt, with many others contributing to the body of knowledge." This is very vaguely worded. Does it make sense to say that the theory is the body of knowledge? And Goldratt is the author of what, exactly? He's apparently not the author of the body of knowledge as a whole. This should be replaced with a brief statement of what sort of thing TOC is, and what Goldratt's role is in it. 70.137.182.229 19:20, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
What about something like this (but I think I am saying too much):
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- Theory of Constraints (TOC) is a systematic way of looking at organizations with the objective of improving the bottom line of the organization. The key concept in TOC is that, while business are frequently complicated, there is an inherent simplicity. Once that inherent simplicity is understood, the lever for effecting change becomes clear. The concept was proposed by Eliyahu M. Goldratt in the 1980's, and he continues to be active in the ongoing development and application of TOC principles.
[edit] Thinking Tools
Someone commented in the entry "Do you really believe this?????" about the Levels of Buy-in. Once again, these are quoted pretty directly from the TOC community literature. However, there are no "citations" of these concepts. Do we have any? Do we have general citations on the thinking tools? Jackvinson 15:35, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
