THE THEORY OF CONSTRAINTS
Introduction to the Theory of Constraints __________1
Fundamental Analysis of the Theory of Constraints _2
About Chain Analogy______________________________ 4
About the Process of On Going Improvement _________ 7
About Thinking Processes (TP) _____________________ 10
The Fundamentals of the Thinking Processes________________ 11
Thinking Process Tools __________________________________ 12
Current Reality Tree (CRT)_____________________________ 12
Evaporating Cloud (EC) _______________________________ 13
Future Reality Tree (FRT) ______________________________ 14
Negative Branch (NBR) _______________________________ 15
Prerequisite Tree (PRT) _______________________________ 16
Transition Tree (TrT)__________________________________ 18
Epilogue ________________________________________ 19
TOC Resources _______________________________21
Books, Writings by Goldratt ________________________ 21
TOC Books, Writings by Other Authors _______________ 28
Other ___________________________________________ 37
Published Articles in Magazines & Newspapers ________ 38
Conferences and Symposiums______________________ 42
Videos __________________________________________ 43
TOC Case Studies _____________________________44
Brief Overview of Some Case Studies ________________ 44
Conceptual Analysis of Selected Case Studies ________ 46
Itemised Conclusions __________________________58
Introduction to the Theory of Constraints
