Pick up a book by Elayhu Goldratt called "The Goal". That' where the concept
is first breeched. There are several other books out that delve a little
deeper. You can find those titles at the ol' ASQ bookstore.

Although the principles can be applied to a variety of disciplines, it is
most commonly used in throughput management on the manufacturing floor.

Bob Dube

-----Original Message-----
From: Vaughan, Ralph H <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, January 27, 2000 3:05 PM
Subject: [TN] Theory of Constraints


>'mornin' T-net,
>
>I perusing the want-ads lately, I ran across a manufacturing engineering
job
>that was looking for familiarity with the 'Theory of Constraints'.  I have
>asked around in mechanical design, design of experiments, and quality
>groups, but no one seems to have ever heard of this.  So now I resort to
>this know-all, see all, do-just-about-all  brain trust.  Anybody heard of
>this?
>
>Thanks
>
>Ralph Vaughan
>
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