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White Papers
We have chosen to include a number of papers authored by Viable Vision members and others that may be of interest to those investigating the logic, applicability and benefits of The Theory of Constraints. A brief summary is provided for each of these papers.
Beyond “The Goal” – Developing a Throughput Operating Strategy (TOS) By Robert Fox, Viable Vision In the 25 years since the publication of The Goal and its five step improvement process much has been learned about both its effectiveness and shortcomings. These learning’s were used to develop a three step process for applying the principles of TOC that has proven to yield even greater benefits and provide a more stable environment for ongoing improvements
Multi-Tasking: Why projects take so long and still go late By Kevin Fox, Viable Vision The paper explains the sources, prevalence and negative effects of multi tasking on projects. It also describes the factors causing multi tasking and how to reduce them in order to complete projects earlier, more reliably and with less effort.
More Projects, Faster, with Fewer Resources Critical Chain Project Management By Kevin Fox, Viable Vision This paper first describes the typical and mostly negative results common to almost all projects. It then goes on to explain how Multi-tasking, the Student Syndrome and Parkinson’s Law contributeto these negative effects. As a solution it suggests three policy changes –freezing projects, focusing safety time and the use of buffers – as a remedy for these problems.
Program Manage ment…More than Boxes and Arrows By Ken Pasterczyk, Viable Vision and William Kimmel, NASA The Systems Analysis Branch (SAB) of NASA was faced with strong pressures to improve their performance. This paper describes their analysis of the differences between the Critical Path methodology they had been using to manage projects and the Critical Chain approach. It also describes the gains the made and how they plan to continue improving their performance.
Continuous Improvement TRIO The top elements of TOC, lean, and six sigma make beautiful music together by Reza M. Pirasteh, PH.D., and Kimberly S. Farah, PH.D. (From APICS Magazine, May 2006) Consumers want reduced costs and, at the same time, require higher levels of quality and value. This infamous phenomenon results in a race for survival and profitability as companies attempt to meet these customer needs. Time and again, the winning businesses turn out to be those strong, conditioned firms that have lots of experience in operations and exceptionally well-tuned processes. Companies typically achieve these qualities through process improvement methodologies.
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