The ultimate improvement cycle : maximizing profits through the integration of lean, six sigma, and the theory of constraints /
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Boca Raton :
CRC Press,
[2009]
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Table of Contents:
- The lean, six sigma, and theory of constraints (TOC) : improvement cycles
- Introducing the ultimate improvement cycle (UIC)
- The value stream, a scheduling system, and performance metrics
- Finding waste in the constraint
- Reducing variation and defects
- Exploiting the current constraint
- Reducing waste and variation in the current constraint
- Subordinating nonconstraints to the current constraint
- Line balancing and flow optimization
- Optimizing the constraint buffer and pulling in the nonconstraints
- Elevating the constraint and implementing protective controls
- Breaking the current constraint
- Sustaining the gains with protective controls
- System constraints and problems
- Establishing the environment for change.