The Constraints Management Handbook [Hardcover]

A new approach to improving the production of goods and services, Constraints Management (CM), recognizes the powerful role of the constraint (the limiting resource) in determining the output of the entire production system. By learning about and mastering CM concepts, managers can improve their companies' present output and plan for future growth as well.This practical, hands-on guide explains CM concepts and philosophies and demonstrates how real companies use them to improve performance and create learning organizations. This complete how-to manual shows you step by step how to achieve true continuous improvement by applying the Theory Of Constraints methods. This is perfect for those ready to stop studying and start applying Constraints Management methods. Readers can increase throughput and improve performance with this dynamic management tool. The Constraints Management Handbook is an excellent attempt to unify the pieces in production: sorting through the fog of classification, the overlap between MRP, JIT and TOC, and clarifying the implications on one of the most important aspects-the measurements. On these topics they have done a comprehensive work. But they don't stop there. They also introduce the reader to the power of using logic in a systematic way-the thinking processes-so that more people will help in the effort to turn the field of management into a hard science.
-Eli M. Goldratt, author of The Goal, It's Not Luck, and Critical Chain
I congratulate Jim Cox and Mike Spencer on an excellent book. As pioneers of constraints management in the academic community, it is fitting that they author the first comprehensive handbook on the topic. The book takes all the facets of constraints management: logistics, focusing steps and the thinking processes and presents them in an easy-to-understand and logical manner. The robustness of their real case study examples are excellent. If an organization or executive is considering embracing constl“%