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Revolutionizing supply chain management the theory of constraints way: a case study
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TOC's holistic approach helped the company to double its profits and improve its cash position during the Great Recession and help the company achieve a significant reduction in its finished goods, raw material and work-in-process inventories at various levels across the supply chain.Abstract:
This research describes in detail an application of theory of constraints (TOC) and its resulting benefits on the supply chain performance of India's largest lock manufacturing company over a perio...read more
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Extending dynamic capabilities towards lean thinking in humanitarian supply chains
TL;DR: Humanitarian supply chain (HSC) research is still in its infancy and remains an enigma, due to its profound differences with the much-researched field of global supply chains as discussed by the authors.
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Theory of constraints based mafia offer for supply chains of deteriorating products
Harshal Lowalekar,Sumanta Basu +1 more
TL;DR: The results from the analytical model show that the mafia offer increases the profits of both the producer and the retailer in a deteriorating items' supply chain.
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The constraints of theory: What is the impact of the Theory of Constraints on Operations Strategy?
Diego Augusto de Jesus Pacheco,Diego Augusto de Jesus Pacheco,José Antônio Valle Antunes Júnior,Celso Augusto de Matos +3 more
TL;DR: This paper extends the operations strategy to the TOC context to examine with more precision the influence of TOC elements upon the competitive priorities high speed, on-time delivery, high flexibility, low cost, and high quality, and provides prescriptive strategies to firms for prioritising managerial efforts and resources while implementing T OC elements.
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Service profit chain and throughput orientation: a manager-employee-customer triad perspective in services
TL;DR: By integrating a service-operations based perspective of service employees at a triadic level, the importance of throughput orientation in service profit chains is demonstrated.
Strategies to Implement Efficient Closing Cycles
TL;DR: Strategies to implement Efficient Closing Cycles by Mary C. Scott MBA, Webster University, 2004 BS, University of the Ozarks.
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The theory of constraints and its implications for management accounting
TL;DR: The theory of constraint and its implications for management theory of constraints and its Implications for management accounting eric w noreen of the implementation of the Theory of constraints at over.
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Operations and Supply Chain Management
TL;DR: The 13th edition of "Operations and Supply Chain Management" provides increased emphasis on supply chain management in the 13th Edition as mentioned in this paper, which includes solved examples and problems, enough cases for MBA courses to use without supplementing, and the industry leading technology support suite.
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Critical Chain Project Management Improves Project Performance
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the theory and practice of critical chain project management (CCPM) and provide a substantial step in the ongoing improvement to the Project Management Body of Knowledge.
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Project management applications of the theory of constraints beyond critical chain scheduling
TL;DR: The application of the TOC approach to project scheduling led to the development of the critical chain technique that has been the subject of discussions in literature as mentioned in this paper, and a second application of TOC is to manage resources shared by a number of concurrent projects.
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An investigation into the fundamentals of critical chain project scheduling
TL;DR: A review of the literature on this application of TOC can be found in this article, where the authors investigate the assumptions and principles underlying the approach, and the technique is considered an innovation that would be useful to organisations capable of accepting a new paradigm.
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