Table of Contents

Introduction. Systems Thinking: The Foundation. Principles and Tools of the Theory of Constraints. Assessing System Success. Constraint Management Tools. How Work Flows Through a Manufacturing Process. Applying the Theory of Constraints to Manufacturing Operations. Traditional Buffer Management: The DBR-I Control Mechanism. Drum-Buffer-Rope (DBR) and Manufacturing Resource Planning. Simplified Drum-Buffer-Rope (DBR-II). Controlling Uncertainty and Variation: The DBR-II Approach. Managing Excess Capacity. Theory of Constraints and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). Throughput-Based Decision Support. Appendices.

About the Author

Eli Schragenheim, H William Dettmer