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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 16 – “Dosage”

Professor Richard Silver brings in two guests to talk about the concept of ‘dosage’ for projects, which is really the ‘batch size’ or ‘amount of work done’ for a project. One guest worked in aircraft maintenance and the other in corrections – the concept of dosage helped improve the flow of both of their processes. Continue reading

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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 14 – “T Minus Preparation”

[If you haven’t read the original version of The Goal – it’s a better book. Here’s a chapter-by-chapter video summary, and a <60 second summary too.] Pages 81 – 86 Marc and Abbie roll out the ‘full-kit’ concept to their … Continue reading

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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 13 – “Full-kit”

“In every project there is uncertainty, so we know we can’t always predict everything that we may need. But, to maximize the chances that the project won’t suffer from delays, the experts are the ones who should be in charge of full-kitting. This is a much better use of their time than firefighting emergencies caused by missing things.” Continue reading

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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 11 – “The Misconception About Starting Early”

[If you haven’t read the original version of The Goal – it’s a better book. Here’s a chapter-by-chapter video summary, and a <60 second summary too.] Pages 61 – 66 Isaac, Marc’s father, hears from a customer that the company’s … Continue reading

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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 10 – “The Multitasking Game”

[If you haven’t read the original version of The Goal – it’s a better book. Here’s a chapter-by-chapter video summary, and a <60 second summary too.] Pages 55 – 60 After deciding to move forward in Chapter 9, Marc and … Continue reading

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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 9 – “Will it work?”

[If you haven’t read the original version of The Goal – it’s a better book. Here’s a chapter-by-chapter video summary, and a <60 second summary too.] Pages 47 – 55 Marc visits with Abbie about cutting the WIP – freezing … Continue reading

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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapters 1 – 8; First Quarter Summary

[If you haven’t read the original version of The Goal – it’s a better book. Here’s a chapter-by-chapter video summary, and a <60 second summary too.] [Click here for a 60 second video summary of the first 8 chapters of … Continue reading

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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 8 – “Bad Multitasking”

[If you haven’t read the original version of The Goal – it’s a better book. Here’s a chapter-by-chapter video summary, and a <60 second summary too.] [Click here for a 60 second video summary of the first 8 chapters of … Continue reading

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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 7 – “Removing the Nice-to-Haves”

[If you haven’t read the original version of The Goal – it’s a better book. Here’s a chapter-by-chapter video summary, and a <60 second summary too.] [Click here for a 60 second video summary of the first 8 chapters of … Continue reading

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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 6 – “Triage in Practice”

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