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Inventory Theory of constraints cost accounting
Goldratt developed the Theory of
Constraints in part to address the costaccounting problems in what he calls
the "cost world." He offers a
substitute, called throughput
accounting, that uses throughput
(money for goods sold to customers) in
place of output (goods produced that
may sell or may boost inventory) and
considers labor as a fixed rather than
as a variable cost
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Theory of constraints
The 'theory of constraints' ('TOC') is a
management paradigm that views any
manageable system as being limited in
achieving more of its goals by a very small
number of
Theory_of_constraints#Constraints|constraint
s. There is always at least one constraint,
and TOC uses #The_five_focusing_steps|a
focusing process to identify the constraint
and restructure the rest of the organization
around it.
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Theory of constraints - History
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The theory of constraints (TOC) is an
overall management philosophy
introduced by Eliyahu M. Goldratt in his
1984 book titled The Goal (novel)|The
Goal, that is geared to help
organizations continually achieve their
goals. Goldratt adopted the concept
with his book Critical Chain, published
1997. The concept was extended to
TOC with respectively titled publication
in 1999.
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Theory of constraints - History
However, the paradigm
Theory of constraints was
first used by Goldratt.
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Theory of constraints - Key assumption
The underlying premise of theory of
constraints is that organizations can be
measured and controlled by variations on
three measures: throughput, operational
expense, and inventory. Throughput is the
rate at which the system generates money
through sales. Inventory is all the money that
the system has invested in purchasing things
which it intends to sell. Operational expense
is all the money the system spends in order
to turn inventory into throughput.
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Theory of constraints - The five focusing steps
Theory of constraints is based on the
premise that the rate of goal achievement
by a goal-oriented system (i.e., the
system's Throughput
(business)|throughput) is limited by at
least one
Theory_of_constraints#Constraints|constr
aint.
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Theory of constraints - The five focusing steps
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The goal of a commercial organization is:
Make more money now and in the
future,Theory of Constraints Handbook,
ISBN 978-0-07-166554-4, p. 8 and its
measurements are given by throughput
accounting as: throughput, inventory, and
operating expenses.
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Theory of constraints - Constraints
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The concept of the constraint in Theory of
Constraints is analogous to but differs
from the Constraint
(mathematics)|constraint that shows up in
mathematical optimization
(mathematics)|optimization. In TOC, the
constraint is used as a focusing
mechanism for management of the
system. In optimization, the constraint is
written into the mathematical expressions
to limit the scope of the solution (X can be
no greater than 5).
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Theory of constraints - Buffers
Buffers are used
throughout the
theory of constraints
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Theory of constraints - Buffers
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Buffer management, therefore, represents a crucial
attribute of the theory of constraints
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Theory of constraints - The TOC thinking processes
The Thinking processes (theory of
constraints)|thinking processes are a
set of tools to help managers walk
through the steps of initiating and
implementing a project. When used in
a logical flow, the Thinking Processes
help walk through a buy-in process:
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Theory of constraints - Claimed suboptimality of drum-buffer-rope
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Trietsch, From the Flawed “Theory of
Constraints” to Hierarchically Balancing
Criticalities (HBC), Department of
Information Systems and Operations
Management, University of Auckland,
Working Paper No
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Theory of constraints - Unacknowledged debt
Goldratt published an article and
gave talks with the title Standing on
the Shoulders of Giants in which he
gives credit for many of the core ideas
of Theory of Constraints
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Eliyahu M. Goldratt - Theory of Constraints Journal
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* Eliyahu M. Goldratt. 1987. “Chapter 1
hierarchical management—The inherent
conflict,” The Theory of Constraints
Journal 1(1):1-17.
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* Eliyahu M. Goldratt. 1987. “A visit—
Modine, the McHenry plant,” The Theory
of Constraints Journal 1(1):19-40.
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* Eliyahu M. Goldratt. 1988. “Chapter 2
laying the foundation,” The Theory of
Constraints Journal 1(2):1-20.
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* Eliyahu M. Goldratt. 1988. “Apologia or
in the move towards the third stage,” The
Theory of Constraints Journal 1(2):23-38.
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* Eliyahu M. Goldratt. 1988. “Chapter 3
the fundamental measurements,” The
Theory of Constraints Journal 1(3):1-21.
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* Eliyahu M. Goldratt. 1988. “A visit—
When quoted lead times are too long,”
The Theory of Constraints Journal
1(3):23-46.
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* Eliyahu M. Goldratt. 1989. “Chapter 4
the importance of a system's
constraint,” The Theory of Constraints
Journal 1(4):1-12.
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Eliyahu M. Goldratt - Theory of Constraints Journal
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* Eliyahu M. Goldratt. 1989. “A visit—
(fictional visit-real plants) Looking
beyond the first stage: Just in Time,”
The Theory of Constraints Journal
1(4):13-46.
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* Eliyahu M. Goldratt. 1989. “Chapter 5
how complex are our systems?” The
Theory of Constraints Journal 1(5):1-14.
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* Eliyahu M. Goldratt. 1989. “Looking
beyond the first stage—Just in Time:
Part two,” The Theory of Constraints
Journal 1(5):15-48.
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* Eliyahu M. Goldratt. 1990. “Chapter
6 the paradigm shift,” The Theory of
Constraints Journal 1(6):1-23.
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* Eliyahu M. Goldratt. 1990. “Looking
beyond the first stage—Just in Time: Part
three,” The Theory of Constraints Journal
1(6):25-43.
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Cycle stocks - Theory of constraints cost accounting
Goldratt developed the Theory of
Constraints in part to address the costaccounting problems in what he calls the
cost world
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