Business & Economics : Quality Control

This innovative text provides a comprehensive and detailed introduction to the theory and practice of quality in the context of 20th century management think......

A brief introduction to Six Sigma­­ for employees Six Sigma is today's most talked-about system for improving the quality of organizational proces......

"Why do so many of the changes initiated by management fail to deliver the desired improvement for the organization as a whole (typically 70 of all changes f......

Over the past 20 years, some remarkable leaders have shared a wealth of knowledge on strategy. If you have read bestsellers such as Collins' (2001) Good to G......

The purpose of this chapter is to show how the Theory of Constraints (TOC) is used to improve the performance of a company while positively contributing to i......

Simplified-Drum-buffer-rope (S-DBR) is a variation on the well-known Drum-buffer-rope (DBR) production planning methodology. The chapter explains the change ......

"Making Change Stick" shows you how to make your implementation plans much more effective. It begins by analyzing why change does not happen: why our initiat......

The purposes of this chapter are to provide guidance in using the Evaporating Cloud (EC) technique to resolve chronic conflicts for both internal and externa......

Designed for those fairly new to Critical Chain concepts, this chapter compares traditional (critical path) project management with the Critical Chain approa......

Business strategy is a relatively new phenomenon, though people have informally been drafting and implementing strategies of various kinds for thousands of y......

Chapter Purpose: To provide an understanding of various applications of the Strategy and Tactics tree (S&T tree) in organizations. This chapter begins with a......

The purpose of this chapter is to show how the TOC philosophy can be applied along with other process improvement tools like Lean and Six Sigma to solve heal......

Most people are introduced to Theory of Constraints through reading "The Goal" (Goldratt 1984). A common question by readers after reading it is "How can we ......

This chapter examines the application of the Theory of Constraints (TOC) to production environments. We begin by developing the Drum-Buffer-Rope (DBR) system......

The purpose of this chapter is to use TOC thinking to solve the core problem in complex organizational systems. The process includes a step that might involv......

Drum, buffer, rope is the operations scheduling and control mechanism for the Theory of Constraints. The term comes from the notion that the constraint of th......

The purpose of this chapter is to introduce a holistic process by which TOC can be effectively used in Large Scale Healthcare Systems. By identifying and bri......

The purpose of this chapter is to convey how the TOC thinking and communication tools are being used to enable students of all ages and cultures to take resp......

The purpose of this chapter is to describe the current unsustainable compromises companies are forced into given the current highly volatile global supply an......

The purposes of this chapter are to provide guidance in using the TOC pull distribution method in order to manage stocks across the supply chain; understandi......