Transport And Communications 2020, 8(1):50-53 | DOI: 10.26552/tac.C.2020.1.7

Constraint Management - the Review

Iwona Tomaszewska
Faculty of Management, Warsaw University, 02-678 Warsaw, Poland

Constraint management has evolved into a whole system philosophy. It has a manufacture component, but the methodology focus remains at the system level. This article has presented briefly the main assumptions of Theory of Constraints (TOC), which concentrates on the process that slows the speed of production through the system. It is a simple overview of the types of constraints and tools of constraint management, looking at the background. It presents five crucial focusing steps of Theory of Constraints. It also shows the comparison TOC with Six Sigma and Lean Thinking.

Keywords: theory of constraints, constraint management, system as chains, lean thinking, drum-buffer-rope, five focusing steps, systems approach, goals, production scheduling, critical chain.
JEL classification: R49, R59

Published: March 30, 2020  Show citation

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Tomaszewska, I. (2020). Constraint Management - the Review. Transport And Communications, 8(1), 50-53. doi: 10.26552/tac.C.2020.1.7
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