Advisory Services

​TOC solutions are inherently simple, yet implementing them is often not easy. In fact, they are powerful due largely to the fact that they challenge basic assumptions, measurements and policies that may have underpinned the organizations for years. 

What to Expect

Each TOC Implementation Project is specifically tailored to improve financial performance of the organization based upon it's ambitions and needs. This is usually achieved by increasing the top line or by reducing working capital requirements such as inventory and bills receivable (never by cutting costs). We achieve breakthrough results by addressing one or more critical operational issue such as:

• Ensuring on-time customer delivery
• Eliminating stock-outs
• Controlling inventory
• Crashing cycle times
• Aggressive collection followup
• Expanding plant capacity
• Project delivery/scope/budget acceleration
• Premium pricing for defined segments
• Expanding plant capacity while avoiding major capital investments
• Growing sales volume

TOC Implementation Projects may involve significant changes to the scheduling and control of production, procurement, sales order booking and distribution mechanisms. They also typically involve aligning key measurements from the top down.

If you and your team are comfortable with the existing methods and do not feel the need to make fundamental changes, it may not be a good time to undertake a TOC Implementation Project.

TOCI Methodology

We deploy the Theory of Constraints for rapid growth and bottom-line improvement. To achieve this, we align competing functions and synchronize their efforts to the bottleneck area. All core team members must:

1. Know the organization’s Goal and understand how “scoring” is done
2. Aligning KPAs to a common Goal
3. Be aware of the Constraint which limits achievement of the Goal
4. Actively manage this constraint in coordination with all functions
5. “Check the score” on a frequent basis, including a weekly team meeting to take corrective actions

Every TOC Implementation Project involves detailed weekly review of operational & financial data by all the top team members. This information sharing is essential to enabling cross-functional teamwork and prioritizing corrective actions. This process lays a firm foundation for implementing the Theory of Constraints and serves as platform for growth and on-going improvement for future years to come.

Our Engagement Model

Each TOC Implementation Project is conducted over a nine-to-twelve month period depending on it's complexity. Most of the heavy lifting  occurs during the first six months while the remainder is devoted to fine-tuning and hand-over.