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Getting Started with TOC


Every organization embarking on a TOC  journey faces different challenges unique to their circumstances. However there are several crucial steps that almost always increase top-level support, spread the right learning, and engender the buy-in necessary to pursue The Goal.

Prepare the Groundwork
  • Get others involved - share TOC books, training, websites, videos, etc. with colleagues in other departments and functions to build broader support.
  • Secure an Executive Sponsor, a business leader who will take personal responsibility for the TOC transformation. Ideally this would be the Owner, Chairperson, Managing Director, CEO or COO.
  • Capitalize on a crisis to begin the transformation. This could be a working capital shortage, dismal profitability, poor customer due-date performance, high-stress high-workload environment, frequent internal conflicts, external crisis in the economy/industry, etc.
  • If your company isn’t in crisis, focus attention on an emerging competitive threat or find a customer who is willing demand dramatically better due-date performance.

Lay the Foundation
  • Educate your Top Team, including CXOs and all Department / Functional Heads via training, Goldratt Satellite Program and/or mentoring (about 8 days of training, spread over 1-2 months). Ensure team buy-In before proceeding further.
  • Retain a TOC Advisor or Business Coach for smooth deployment.
  • Align the top team to global, bottom-line oriented measurements (abolish KPAs).
  • Identify your constraint(s), based on inventory accumulation, expediting trends and rated capacity.
  • Identify your organization's core conflict
  • Make it clear to all that layoffs are incompatible with TOC and that there are no plans to fire anyone (apart from non-performance)!
  • Place expansion plans on hold - all non-essential new equipment, additional headcount etc. TOC implementation will almost certainly release significant spare capacity!

For more detailed implementation steps, conduct a TOC Feasibility Study
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TOC Institute
  • About
    • About TOC Institute
    • Tribute to Goldratt
    • History of TOC
    • Executive Board
  • Fundamentals
    • Theory of Constraints
    • Constraint Definition
    • What is The Goal?
    • Five Focusing Steps
    • Getting Started in TOC
  • Knowledge Center
    • The Goal Summary
    • Identify Your Constraint
    • TOC Applications
    • Theory of Constraints PDF
    • TOC Thinking Processes
    • Articles >
      • Stock Clearance
      • TOC Consulting vs. Strategy Consulting?
      • TOC in India
      • Mafia Offer Marketing
    • Recommended Books
  • Services
    • Business Coaching
    • Open Workshops >
      • TOC Thinking Process Boot Camp
    • In-House Training
    • Advisory Services
    • Feasibility Studies
  • Contact Us