by J. Jerrald Hayes | Apr 21, 2007 | Lean Thinking, The Little Lessons, Theory of Constraints
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...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 20, 2003 | Books, Critical Chain Project Management, Management, Theory of Constraints
“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 ”...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Oct 24, 2003 | Lean Thinking, Systems & Systems Thinking, Theory of Constraints
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...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Oct 8, 2003 | Theory of Constraints
From an entry I made in the now-defunct discussion forums on this site to Bill Amaya topic on “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...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 29, 2003 | Books, Critical Chain Project Management, Theory of Constraints
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....
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 11, 2003 | Books, Theory of Constraints
I was reading Jason Jennning’s new book Less Is More: How Great Companies Use Productivity 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....
by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 21, 2003 | Management, Theory of Constraints
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...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 20, 2003 | Management, Theory of Constraints
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...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 10, 2003 | Books, Critical Chain Project Management, Management, Theory of Constraints
Here’s a list of great quotes from from The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement that I originally found via Duke’s Tool Page which was a great starting point for a bunch of web pages full of good tips and ideas on management created by Duke Rohe of the...
