Focused improvement
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Focused improvement in Theory of Constraints
is the ensemble of activities aimed at elevating the performance of any system, especially a business system, with respect to its goal by eliminating its constraints one by one and by not working on non-constraints.
The method to achieve focused improvement is the use of the five Thinking Processes
.
Most of the popular performance improvement methods, such as TQM
or reengineering
, are not focused improvement methods, i.e. they do not distinguish working on the factors that limit a system's performance (constraints) — which brings immediate results, from working on non-constraints — which does not bring any results, only increases costs and distracts management's attention.
Theory of Constraints
The theory of constraints adopts the common idiom "A chain is no stronger than its weakest link" as a new management paradigm. This means that processes, organizations, etc., are vulnerable because the weakest person or part can always damage or break them or at least adversely affect the...
is the ensemble of activities aimed at elevating the performance of any system, especially a business system, with respect to its goal by eliminating its constraints one by one and by not working on non-constraints.
The method to achieve focused improvement is the use of the five Thinking Processes
Thinking processes (Theory of Constraints)
This page is about thinking processes in the Theory of constraints. Wikipedia also has a list of thought processes.Thinking processes in Eliyahu M...
.
Most of the popular performance improvement methods, such as TQM
Total Quality Management
Total quality management or TQM is an integrative philosophy of management for continuously improving the quality of products and processes....
or reengineering
Reengineering
Reengineering can refer to:* Trouble shooting* Business process reengineering* Reengineering * Reengineering * User reengineering...
, are not focused improvement methods, i.e. they do not distinguish working on the factors that limit a system's performance (constraints) — which brings immediate results, from working on non-constraints — which does not bring any results, only increases costs and distracts management's attention.