Theory of Constraints (TOC) & its Applications -Crash Course

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Course Introduction

Lecture 1: What is this course about

Lecture 2: Course contents

Chapter 2: Give me a lever long enough – TOC Basics

Lecture 1: Section outline

Lecture 2: Systems thinking and TOC

Lecture 3: Five focusing steps

Lecture 4: Murphy, management attention and buffer

Lecture 5: Quadrants of change

Lecture 6: Three questions of change

Lecture 7: Important terms

Lecture 8: Key concepts & Questions

Chapter 3: An idle resource is not a waste – TOC for Operations

Lecture 1: Section outline

Lecture 2: Operations environment

Lecture 3: Problems in operations environment

Lecture 4: Troop analogy

Lecture 5: Drum buffer rope (DBR) & S-DBR

Lecture 6: SDBR for MTA

Lecture 7: Concepts of flow

Lecture 8: Three questions of change – operations

Lecture 9: Key concepts & questions

Chapter 4: Forecasts are misleading – TOC for Distribution

Lecture 1: Section outline

Lecture 2: Distribution environment

Lecture 3: Problems in distribution environment

Lecture 4: Pull distribution and MTA

Lecture 5: Dynamic buffer management

Lecture 6: Aggregation

Lecture 7: Pull supply chain

Lecture 8: Three questions of change – distribution

Lecture 9: Key concepts & questions

Chapter 5: The later you start, the earlier you finish – TOC for Projects

Lecture 1: Section outline

Lecture 2: Projects environment

Lecture 3: Problems in projects environment

Lecture 4: Time estimates

Lecture 5: How do we lose safety

Lecture 6: Solution – CCPM

Lecture 7: Multi projects environment

Lecture 8: Three questions of change – projects

Lecture 9: Key concepts & questions

Chapter 6: Sum of local optima is not global optimum – Throughput Accounting

Lecture 1: Section outline

Lecture 2: Accounting

Lecture 3: Throughput accounting

Lecture 4: Cost Accounting Vs Throughput Accounting

Lecture 5: PQ problem

Lecture 6: Beware of intertia !

Lecture 7: Decision making

Lecture 8: Key concepts & questions

Chapter 7: Thinking clearly is no one's monopoly – TOC Thinking Processes

Lecture 1: Section outline

Lecture 2: The need for Thinking Processes

Lecture 3: Building blocks

Lecture 4: Thinking Process – tools / trees

Lecture 5: Current reality tree (CRT)

Lecture 6: Evaporating Cloud (EC)

Lecture 7: FRT,PRT,TRT and Categories of Legitimate Reservation

Lecture 8: Layers of Resistance

Lecture 9: Key concepts & questions

Chapter 8: TOC in one word is Focus – Theory in practice

Lecture 1: Section outline

Lecture 2: One who is good with hammer…

Lecture 3: Management Attention

Lecture 4: An Ever Flourishing Company

Lecture 5: Implementation Problems

Lecture 6: Quick Recap

Lecture 7: Pillars of TOC

Lecture 8: Evolution