TOC

TOC has been initiated by Eliyahu M. Goldratt and is being actively developed by a loosely coupled community of practitioners around the world. TOC is sometimes referred to as "Constraint Management".

The Theory of Constraints is the practical results of Eli Goldratt's work on "how to think". It is the Thinking Processes and their applications. TOC is a verifiable philosophy. By knowing how to think, we can better understand the world around us; by better understanding we can improve.

The Theory of Constraints (TOC) consists of three parts:

• 1) A set of problem-solving tools - called the TOC Thinking Processes (TP) - to logically and systematically answer the three questions essential to any process of on-going improvement: "What to change?", "To what to change to?" and "How to cause the change?";
• 2) A set of daily management tools - taken from the TOC Thinking Processes - that can be used to significantly improve vital management skills, such as communication, effecting change, team building and empowerment; and,
• 3) Innovative, proven solutions created by applying the TOC Thinking Processes to specific application areas, such as Production (as introduced in The Goal), Distribution (as discussed in Its Not Luck), Marketing and Sales (as discussed in Its Not Luck), Project Management, and Setting The Direction of The Company, to name only a few.

Have You any experience with this new philosophy of improvement? I think it is not well known philosophy in Poland yet, do You agree??