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Research articles
Articles by Dr. Alan Barnard
- “What is Theory of Constraints (TOC)?”- by Dr. Alan Barnard
- Why the awareness and adoption of Theory of Constraints is still so low? – by Dr. Alan Barnard and Eli Schragenheim
- Challenging one of the basic laws of economics – by Dr. Alan Barnard
- Exponential Population and Economic Growth Versus Finite Scarce Resources = Boom or Bust? – by Dr. Alan Barnard
- The challenge of balancing supply and demand – by Dr. Alan Barnard
- Theory of Constraints Throughput Accounting – by Dr. Alan Barnard
Articles about Dr. Alan Barnard
TOC Implementation Golden Nuggets fromDr Eli Goldratt and Efrat Tal
- How to deal with Stock Buffer Increase orders in MTA
- When to ignore exceptions in Setting Inventory Target Levels in MTA
- Immunizing Distributor from Competitors reducing prices in MTA
- Setting Inventory Targets in MTA
- Preparing for Rapid Response in RRR
- Prioritization of MTO using Buffer Status & Due Date
- Process vs Transfer Batch
- What does % red mean in Managing Buffers?
- Color psychology
- MTA+MTO Mixed environment
- Light blue 1 a way to exploit the protective capacity
- Using Light blue in BM to exploit excess capacity
- Reaching the plateau
Case Studies
Daiwa House Case Studies
- Improving Performance on SAP Implementation Project (SAP and Daiwa House) – by Daiwa House
- Six lessons from a lightning ERP rollout (SAP and Daiwa House) – by Bob Lewis
- System development and implementation using “The Goal” way. Increasing the entire capacity and speed by eliminating wastes that stem from local optimum
InWent Case Study
Using a simplified version of Theory of Constraints to achieve more with less time within the Public Sector: A Case Study from Africa – by Dr. Alan Barnard
Random House Case Study
Selling more books by reducing shortages and surpluses – by Dr. Alan Barnard
Tata Steel Case Study
Applying Theory of Constraints to achieve Viable Vision for Tata Steel – by Bimlendra Jha
Dr. Alan Barnard PhD Thesis
Research papers by other authors
- “A Review of Goldratt’s Theory of Constraints (TOC) – lessons from the international literature” – Steven J. Balderstone and Victoria J. Mabin
- “Archetypes of sustainability: Hopeful strategies for organization growth and renewal” – by David Sibbet
- “Change or Die” – by Alan Deutschman
- “Evolution and Revolution as Organizations Grow” – by Larry E. Greiner
- “Learning through System Dynamics in preparation for the 21st century” – by Jay. W. Forrester
- “Strategy and Tactics” – by Eli Goldratt, Rami Goldratt and Eli Abramov
- “Transforming the systems movement” – by Russell L. Ackhoff
- “Why few organizations adopt Systems Thinking” – by Russell L. Ackhoff
- Assessing the effectiveness of business consulting in operations development projects
- TLS: TOC+LEAN+6Sigma – The Continuous Improvement Trio
- US Marine Corps TOC Implementation
ProConCloud
TOCICO Dictionary
TOC Videos
- Goldratt Lectures: Why Thinking Globally (not locally) is so important – Storyline Animation
- Goldratt Lectures: Building an Ever-Flourishing Company Part 1
- Goldratt Lectures: Building an Ever-Flourishing Company Part 2
- Goldratt Lecture: How to overcome resistance to change?
- New Research – Why so many of our change initiatives fail and how to prevent it?