Yep, It has to do with manufacturing bottlenecks and productivity...see Goldratt's book called "The Goal" for a simple exposition of it. Timothy Reeves ECD Circuit Board Division 13626 South Freeman Road Mulino, OR 97042 [log in to unmask] (503) 829-9108 (800) 228-8198 FAX (503) 829-5482 > ---------- > From: Vaughan, Ralph H > Sent: Monday, January 24, 2000 8:22 AM > Subject: 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 > ############################################################## TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5365 ##############################################################