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Title: Management Dilemmas: The Theory of Constraints Approach to Problem Identification and Solutions by Eli Schragenheim ISBN: 1-57444-222-8 Publisher: Saint Lucie Press Pub. Date: 30 November, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $32.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 (5 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Toyota Production System is missing
Comment: This book is a good guide for experimented people who has experimented TOC in manufacturing and now needs to apply TOC in service. It sets an outstanding relationship between TOC main concepts, as regarded in factories, and how to yield results in service organization. The best chapter is "Let there be light". Anyway, a remark must be made. Ely ignores the special skills of Toyota Production System in reducing set-up's. He accepts to stop machines as long as stops saling, rather than apply TPS "one-touch exchange die" technique in the constraint, in order to reduce lead-time and reach a segmented market, which would raise sales and improve performance.
Rating: 5
Summary: Gets the TOC juices flowin'
Comment: Mr. Schragenheim has put together a killer collection of business dilemmas, explained them is sufficient detail so as to illustrate the problematic issues, and provided TOC analysis of each.
The book starts out with an intro to TOC, and proceeds to explore a variety of small and large business and projects experiencing problems. You feel like you are reading about, and can identify with real people, as you progress through the book. The issues faced are common, and the thoughts, intuition, and frustrations of the characters familiar. All cases have constraints in need of elevation, and subordination, which Eli illustrates through both written TOC analysis, and through the use of traditional TOC constraint busting diagrams.
"Management Dilemmas", falls smack in between "The Goal", and Dettmers' "Goldratt's Theory of Constraints." It's more in depth than "The Goal", but not as intense as Dettmer's book. If you are just getting your feet wet in TOC this book will not be over your head.
An excellent addition to this book, and all the TOC material out there would be case studies and applications in Dot-Com world. For much less than the cost of a Super Bowl ad (or the 120+ million it took Boo.com to go BOOHOO and belly up in 6 months), companies could come up with a systematic approach to identify, elevate, and exploit constraints, increase throughput, and have a chance of turning a profit.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent
Comment: This book shows the diversity and applicability of TOC in a very accessable format. An excellent read.
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Title: Thinking For a Change: Putting the TOC Thinking Processes to Use by Lisa J. Scheinkopf ISBN: 1574441019 Publisher: Saint Lucie Press Pub. Date: 26 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: The Measurement Nightmare: How the Theory of Constraints Can Resolve Conflicting Strategies, Policies, and Measures by Debra A. Smith ISBN: 1574442465 Publisher: Saint Lucie Press Pub. Date: 22 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: Goldratt's Theory Constraints: A Systems Approach to Continuous Improvement by William H. Dettmer ISBN: 0873893700 Publisher: American Society for Quality Pub. Date: 13 March, 1997 List Price(USD): $55.00 |
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Title: Theory of Constraints by Eliyahu M. Goldratt ISBN: 0884271668 Publisher: North River Press Publishing Corporation Pub. Date: December, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Project Management in the Fast Lane: Applying the Theory of Constraints by Robert C. Newbold ISBN: 1574441957 Publisher: Saint Lucie Press Pub. Date: 25 March, 1998 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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