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Last night I bought and downloaded Jeff “SKI” Kinsey’s e-book Purple Curve Effect: Throughput on Command (hey it’s just $2.00, what a deal!) and picked up on this little lesson in Lean Thinking that had a touch of Six Sigma to it too. This little lesson came up as I was printing it out. I [...]

"Tell me how you’ll measure me, and I’ll tell you how I behave" —Eliyahu Goldratt " Tell me how you’ll measure me, and I’ll tell what damn fool things I’ll do to make the measurement look good." —Tony Rizzo " No amount of sophistication is going to allay the fact that all your knowledge is [...]

As part of the continuing Theory of Constraints Learning Process and the Lean Journey my companies and the companies I consult with are on, I came across another interesting (PDF) article as part of some research I was on. The article that I found dusted off recollections of a topic that appeared in the Journal [...]

From and entry I made in the discussion forums on this site to Bill Amaya topic "What is our CCR?" Hey Bill, it’s great to hear your voice again in here Reading where you said:"The challenge and my dilemma comes when I take a broader look at my company and try to find the one [...]

I’m asked from time to time as to what books I would suggest for a Theory of Constraints – Critical Chain Project Management ‘newbie‘ to read and I think there is a real good one-two-three path for anyone just looking to get started with it. The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eliyahu M. [...]

I was reading Jason Jennning’s new book Less is More last night and thought it was neat reading: Chapter 8 —The Real Financial Drivers Q: Why did the accountants cross the road? Answer: Because the client told them to. " Accounting is the enemy of productivity!" So proclaims highly respected management consultant Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt, [...]

Found a good article this morning entitled Applying the theory of constraints in a structural steel plant—How keeping busy can be a BAD idea on the TheFabricator.com web site. To someone who has never been around a structural steel fabricator the first couple of paragraphs in the story might sound a bit alien but I [...]

Reading through Pat Burke’s TOCforMe website again this evening I came across this little bit on why certain people/personalities might prefer Lean vs. Six Sigma vs. TOC (Theory of Constraints). Some people prefer a packaged system of to do items which will lead to improvement (LEAN). Some people prefer data driven decisions (SIX-SIGMA). Some people [...]

Here’s a list of great quotes from from The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement that I found via Duke’s Tool Page which is a great starting point for a bunch of web pages full of good tips and ideas on management created by Duke Rohe of the Office of Performance Improvement at the University [...]