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Manufacturer's Guide to Implementing the Theory of Constraints
Everyone in business today has heard of the Theory of Constraints (TOC), developed by Eli Goldratt in his groundbreaking book, The Goal. However, very few people know how to implement it in a manufacturing organization. The Manufacturer's Guide to Implementing the Theory of Constraints answers all your questions and more.
Written by Mark Woeppel, the leading expert on (TOC), this is the only complete step-by-step guide for implementing TOC in a manufacturing organization. It serves simultaneously as a guide and a workbook with a scope that includes the logistical, pricing, and measurement systems.
The author provides a complete implementation checklist, sample policies, and procedures documents that are included as boilerplates in the appendix. He explains the rationale behind the implementation process and includes real life "war stories" that illustrate it. The book also provides examples of various charts, forms and procedures that you can use as patterns for the materials you will need in your implementations.
The Manufacturer's Guide to Implementing the Theory of Constraints - containing advice and examples - presents a proven method of implementation and short cuts to success. You will find a wealth of resource material, procedures, and policies that help you avoid costly mistakes and speed up your implementation process.
Written by Mark Woeppel, the leading expert on (TOC), this is the only complete step-by-step guide for implementing TOC in a manufacturing organization. It serves simultaneously as a guide and a workbook with a scope that includes the logistical, pricing, and measurement systems.
The author provides a complete implementation checklist, sample policies, and procedures documents that are included as boilerplates in the appendix. He explains the rationale behind the implementation process and includes real life "war stories" that illustrate it. The book also provides examples of various charts, forms and procedures that you can use as patterns for the materials you will need in your implementations.
The Manufacturer's Guide to Implementing the Theory of Constraints - containing advice and examples - presents a proven method of implementation and short cuts to success. You will find a wealth of resource material, procedures, and policies that help you avoid costly mistakes and speed up your implementation process.
174 pages, Paperback
First published December 7, 2000
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About the author
Mark Woeppel
13 books2 followersMark J. Woeppel is the founder and President of Pinnacle Strategies International, a management consulting firm focused on improving productivity in production, project management, and knowledge work. The author of two earlier books—Manufacturer’s Guide to Implementing the Theory of Constraints and Projects in Less Time: A Synopsis of Critical Chain—Woeppel has also penned numerous white papers and eBooks and has taught or lectured at several universities, including Northwestern Kellogg School, California Institute of Technology, and the University of Kansas. Married to the same fantastic woman for over thirty years, he is also the father of three wonderful adult children.
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March 17, 2025
I feel this book does a fair job of outlining the steps to implementing TOC in a manufacturing facility. I have highlighted many passages and I have "dog-ears" on many pages.
The author is trying to put Dr. Goldratt's Socratic way of teaching into a tangible action step and I'm not sure it is truly successful. He outlines several steps that may or may not be relevant in every manufacturing facility. His delivery is very sterile and not conversational.
The other thing that I've grown to love in many of the TOC books is, besides the Socratic questioning, the method many of the books from Dr. Eli Goldratt and now his daughter, Dr. Efrat Goldratt, are presented in a fictional story. Not only do we get the wisdom of the topic, we get engaged in the story and can say, "We have that issue here" or "That's like this area of our shop."
The author is trying to put Dr. Goldratt's Socratic way of teaching into a tangible action step and I'm not sure it is truly successful. He outlines several steps that may or may not be relevant in every manufacturing facility. His delivery is very sterile and not conversational.
The other thing that I've grown to love in many of the TOC books is, besides the Socratic questioning, the method many of the books from Dr. Eli Goldratt and now his daughter, Dr. Efrat Goldratt, are presented in a fictional story. Not only do we get the wisdom of the topic, we get engaged in the story and can say, "We have that issue here" or "That's like this area of our shop."
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