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Theory of Constraints = Buffer Management

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Dr. Eli Goldratt, founder of the Theory of Constraints, said Reaching The Goal: How Managers Improve a Services Business Using Goldratt’s Theory of Constraints was one of the best books ever written on TOC. It was published in 2008 by IBM Press and authored by Dr. John Ricketts, a practitioner and innovator in the field Read More …

Dynamic Buffer: Think Self-organized Teams

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This is part of my blog series on using the principles of Demand Drive MRP and its five primary components. This particular blog focuses around Dynamic Buffers, or in the marketing sense, Self-organized Teams. Over the course of time, group and individual traits can and will change as new suppliers and materials are used, new Read More …