News from the TOC-Lean Institute

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DDMRP Webinar presented by Chad Smith, Tuesday 22nd November, 3.00 pm GMT:
Improve your Customer Service levels, compress your lead times and reduce inventory through the
application of Demand Driven Materials Requirement Planning (DDMRP) tactics and Replenishment+®
Following his recent successful UK seminar, Chad Smith, co-author of the new edition of
Orlicky’s Material Requirements Planning, will be presenting a webinar - offered by Demand
Driven Technologies - to allow a wider audience to appreciate the benefits of applying DDMRP to their
organisation.
Chad will take the audience through the basic concepts of DDMRP and some early adopter results.
Demand Driven Technologies will then demonstrate what their fully compliant DDMRP technology,
Replenishment+® looks like.
Please click here to register for this free
webinar.
What is Demand Driven Material Requirements Planning?
DDMRP is an innovative multi-echelon pull methodology to plan
inventories and materials. It enables a company to build more closely to actual market requirements
and promotes better and quicker decisions and actions at the planning and execution level.
~ UK MRP Seminar presented by Chad Smith, co-author of the 2011
edition of Orlicky's Material Requirements Planning: I & J Munn Ltd, in association with
Nottingham University Business School and Rolls-Royce Plc have
invited Chad Smith to the UK to give a 2.5 hour seminar detailing a revolutionary formal planning
approach that is producing staggering results in early adopters.
The seminar will describe and clarify the poor business results embedded in most of today’s demand and
supply planning systems; discuss the core problems causing the results; present and detail an alternative
demand driven structure for planning and controlling materials flow; and present initial results from
actual implementations.
Date: Friday 11th November 2011
Venue: Nottingham University Business School
Time: 10.00 am
Places are limited, so pre-booking is essential - please
download a flyer for more information and booking details.
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A Message of Sadness, and also a challenge from Ted Hutchin
I would like to share this official news release with all my friends and colleagues:
Dr. Eliyahu M. Goldratt
1947- 2011
“Sixty-four years ago a giant was born.
Dr. Eliyahu M. Goldratt spent his entire adult life fighting to show that it is possible to make this
world a better place. We must have the honesty to see reality as it is, we must have the courage to
challenge assumptions, and above all, we must use the gift of thinking. Having applied these principles
to various management fields, he created the Theory of Constraints. His concepts and teachings have
expanded beyond management and are being used in healthcare, education, counselling, government,
agriculture and personal growth - to name a few fields using TOC. His legacy is invaluable.
On June 11th, 2011 at noon, Eli Goldratt passed away at his home in Israel in the company of his family
and close friends.
The strength and passion of Eli allowed him to spend his last days sharing and delivering his latest
insights and breakthroughs to a group of people who have committed to transfer this knowledge to the
TOC Community during the upcoming Theory of Constraints International Certification Organization
Conference in New York.
It was Eli's last wish for us to take TOC to the next level - truly standing on the shoulders of the
Giant he was.
"I smile and start to count on my fingers: One, people are good. Two, every conflict can be removed.
Three, every situation, no matter how complex it initially looks, is exceedingly simple. Four, every
situation can be substantially improved; even the sky is not the limit. Five, every person can reach a
full life. Six, there is always a win-win solution. Shall I continue to count?" "
I owe a great deal to Eli. Through his time and patience I learned a great deal about myself and my own
journey in life. He guided me when I asked, and then left me alone to make my own mistakes. He gave
me the confidence to use the tools he developed for all manner of applications, and that part of my
journey is not yet complete. His legacy is not just through what he did himself, but how he challenged
others to pick up the baton and go our own way, taking the TOC to places, geographically and
philosophically, it had never been before.
His own work is now complete; we now have the challenge to
continue his work as our own work. I know that in the years to come I will never forget this man and
what he stood for. I will never forget the times we spent together and what he was able to teach me.
For me, helping people achieve their goal in life has been a passion for some time, a passion that was
lit by Eli. This remains my goal in life and in this way his legacy will continue to grow.
Thank you Eli.
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~ Latest TOC-Lean Institute Newsletter: The importance of coaching
& mentoring for those in positions of leadership is highlighted in the latest edition
of the TOC-Lean Newsletter. Also in this edition - former MD Prof. Dave Stevens explains why it’s best to
seek business assistance sooner rather than later!
A copy can be downloaded here.
~ DO YOU NEED A SPEAKER FOR YOUR EVENT?: Many professional associations and
societies hold regular evening events or conferences with guest speakers. Dr Ted Hutchin is an experienced and
very popular presenter at such events and can entertain your members with his insights on a number of business
and TOC-related topics.
Find out more here.
~ CRITICAL CHAIN PROJECT MANAGEMENT: We are pleased to announce
that we are now able to supply Critical Chain "CCPM+" software from
Advanced Projects in the USA to
clients in the UK. Advanced Projects' President, Larry Leach, is a longstanding colleague and friend
and we are delighted to be able to create this new partnership. Larry has written a number of key
books in this field and is a highly capable project professional, with many successful implementations
to his credit.
The fee for the CCPM+ is £ 350 (ex VAT) for each licence. We are of course able to provide the
necessary training in both Critical Chain Project Management and the use of the CCPM+ software, to
ensure that great results are achieved.
If you would like to learn more about CCPM+, please contact
Ted Hutchin.
~ We have added a gallery of Recommended TOC Books for you to browse.
~ LEAN: We are pleased to announce the launch of our Lean
Leaders Programme.
The aim of the Programme is to develop within your organisation people who can both lead and sustain
lean interventions and rapid improvement events.
This is a unique programme in that it is the only UK Lean Leader course to combine both Lean and
TOC.
To find out more and discover just why this combination is so
powerful, please click here.
~ MONTHLY SUPPORT: We know that many organisations would
appreciate regular access to TOC-Lean expertise without having to make a large initial investment. We
are therefore offering Business Support 'Bite Sized', whereby we visit your
company one day a month to assist with leading and sustaining your projects, strategies and implementations.
Find out more here.
~ HOSPITALS: With the current NHS spend under fierce pressure and the situation unlikely
to change in the future, managing a hospital effectively has never been more important - or challenging.
TOC principles have been applied in hospital settings for some while now - with outstanding results.
We offer senior NHS managers a variety of training programmes tailored specifically to their needs and
drawing on our own experience of working within the NHS.
Further details can be found here.
~ We would like to announce the creation of a new 2-day TOC Lean Six
Sigma Experts Workshop.
Aimed at
Senior Managers, Lean and/or Six Sigma Belts and Operational Managers who are disatisfied with the
results of their current Continuous Improvement projects, the workshop will show how TOC can give real
focus to Lean and Six Sigma initiatives, resulting in greatly enhanced bottom-line results.
Please Click here for more information.
~ Also new is our Executive Decision Making Workshop, which is aimed at those who have implemented
TOC applications and wish to maximise the benefits by proactively taking control of production
capablilites and market opportunities. The Workshop comprises 3 days training plus 2 days of
in-company support.
Further details can be found here.
~ In times of recession, it often becomes imperative to streamline one's business operation and cut back
on waste. It is precisely at times such as these - when belts are tight and nothing can be wasted -
that the tools and techniques of TOC become even more important for implementing business improvements.
TOC can make sure that you are not tightening your business belts because you’re getting thin and frail,
but because you’re getting fit and healthy.
One of our recent Newsletters looks at these issues and
introduces our 8-day intensive course, "Breaking the Cash Constraint",
which is aimed at top managers and their teams.
Please click here to download the Newsletter.
~ A DAY WITH JONAH! Those of you who have read Dr Goldratt's 'The Goal' will remember
how Alex Rogo's old professor, Jonah, is instrumental in changing Alex's thinking, setting him on the
path to success. Well, now you can have Jonah visit your own plant! We are offering the
opportunity to have a TOC expert "troubleshooter" come to your company, to look at things with a fresh
eye and ask questions - at times very searching questions - about how things are running and what could
be done to make an improvement in your business operations.
Click here to find out more.
~ WHAT COULD 'THE GOAL' DO FOR YOU? We have launched a new 'Goal' on-site
training package, aimed at bringing the Theory of Constraints fundamentals as set forth in Dr Eli
Goldratt's book 'The Goal' right to the heart of your company. At £250 per morning or
afternoon session (not per person), this is a great value opportunity.
Please click here for more information.
~ Dr Eli Goldratt published a new book last
autumn. 'The Choice' reveals how it is possible, by examining causal
relationships and removing root conflicts, to change the damaging yet prevailing mindset that assumes
complex problems must require complex solutions. Click here to
read a review.
~ We have also added an in-depth overview of 'The Goal'. Join fictional plant manager Alex Rogo on
his now famous journey to success here.
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The unique 'process flow' principles of TOC - the Theory of Constraints - can be enormously beneficial when
applied to both manufacturing and service industries where the efficient flow of goods, services - or people - is
crucial to the success of the organisation.
Please contact us if you would like to find out more:
Telephone: 01664 502860
Email: tedh@toc-lean.com


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