The evolution of the Theory of Constraints

• Published in: Industrial management (Des Plaines) Vol. 36; no. 3; p. 13
• Main Authors: Gardiner, Stanley C, Blackstone, John H, Gardiner, Lorraine R
• Format: Magazine Article
• Language: English
• Published: Norcross Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) 01.05.1994
• Subjects: Customer services; Education; Implementations; Inventory; Management styles; Manufacturing; Marketing; Organizational behavior; Organizational change; Scheduling; Theory of constraints; Total quality; United States > US

The Theory of Constraints (TOC), a systems-management philosophy, asserts that constraints determine the performance of a system and that any system contains only a few constraints. A constraint is anything that limits a system's performance relative to its goals. To improve the strength of the...