Mike Hannan interviews Bob Sproull of NOVACES an author, executive and business turnaround expert, about his recently released book “Epiphanized: Integrating Theory of Constraints, Lean and Six Sigma” – and Bob talks about his own epiphany early on in his career! WATCH THE VIDEO >> Written as a business novel, Epiphanized is an attention-grabbing and [...]

We’ve finally reached the last installment of Twelve Days of Constraints Management. A little late for the holidays but the website is back up and running and we now know what the security issue was with our site. A website virus will never stop us from getting the word out about the tremendous results that [...]

Wondering why we didn’t finish this series before Christmas? A website hacker infected our website with a virus! Reminds me of the isixsigma.com hacker who destroyed Michael Cyger’s great work and caused months of downtime. Luckily, we were able to restore the website within about a week through an archive system. We also strengthened the [...]

#3. WIN-WIN A house divided cannot stand. People want to do good, but sometimes our perspective of the system gets in the way. Constraints Management fosters a scientific, humanistic, win-win approach where all stakeholders benefit. Resistance to change is therefore minimized, speeding up the rate of adoption and improving the likelihood of success for Lean [...]

#4. EXECUTION Performance improvement initiatives are projects. When projects are poorly executed, benefits are lost and penalties are incurred. This includes opportunity costs associated with wasted resource potential. Critical Chain Project Management, a component of the Theory of Constraints toolkit, accelerates Lean Six Sigma projects and is the gold standard for resource management. 12 Days [...]

#5. ANALYTICS Our current analytics point us in the wrong direction. Constraints Management applies thinking techniques and graphical analytics to harness intuition, solve problems and build rigorous improvement roadmaps aimed at achieving stability, growth, and prosperity – while safeguarding against the Law of Unintended Consequences. 12 Days of Constraints Management That’s another reason and another [...]

# 6. TOOLSET When you are good with a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Let the problem define the tool. Avoid diminishing returns due to an incomplete toolset. Constraints Management includes a range of applications unique to process improvement such as supply chain logistics, finance, strategy, marketing and more. 12 Days of Constraints Management [...]

To get us into the spirit of the holidays, I’m running the “Twelve Days of Constraints Management.” This holiday series focuses on why integrating Constraints Management (or Theory of Constraints) with Lean Six Sigma can be a force multiplier for your organization. Here’s another great reason to think about adding Constraints Management to your improvement [...]

To get us into the spirit of the holidays, I’m running the “Twelve Days of Constraints Management.” This holiday series focuses on why integrating Constraints Management (or Theory of Constraints) with Lean Six Sigma can be a force multiplier for your organization. Here’s another great reason to think about adding Constraints Management to your improvement [...]

To get us into the spirit of the holidays, I’m running the “Twelve Days of Constraints Management.” This holiday series focuses on why integrating Constraints Management (or Theory of Constraints) with Lean Six Sigma can be a force multiplier for your organization. Here’s another great reason to think about adding Constraints Management to your improvement [...]