瓶頸管理運作實務(英文版)(ppt 86頁)

瓶頸管理運作實務內容摘要：
About the Theory of Constraints
Eli Goldratt's Theory of Constraints is being used by thousands of corporations, and is taught in over 200 colleges, universities and business schools.
His books have sold over 3 million copies and have been translated into 23 languages.
The Theory of Constraints
The Theory of Constraints (TOC) is an overall philosophy developed by Dr. Eliyahu M. Goldratt, usually applied to running and improving an organization.
TOC consists of Problem Solving and Management/Decision-Making Tools called the Thinking Processes (TP).
Famous for spectacular results, the use of TOC has resulted in Proven Solutions created by applying the Thinking Processes (TP) in specific functional areas such as Sales, Marketing, Logistics, Finance, Accounting, Engineering and Project Management.
Many of these solutions are discussed in detail in the books : The Goal, The Race, It's Not Luck and Critical Chain.
TOC recognizes that the output of any system that consists of multiple steps where the output of one step depends on the output of one or more previous steps will be limited (or constrained) by the least productive steps.
In other words, as paraphrased in The Goal, the strength of any chain is dependant upon its weakest link.
Where manufacturing is concerned, TOC postulates that the goal is to make (more) money. It describes three avenues to this goal:
Increase Throughput
Reduce Inventory
Reduce Operating Expense
As Dr. Goldratt notes, the opportunities to make more money through reductions in inventory and operating expense are limited by zero.
The opportunities to make more money by increasing Throughput, on the other hand, are unlimited.
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