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Theory of constraints - A status report

John H. Blackstone

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The Theory of Constraints (TOC) was first applied to production scheduling. For many people this application is the only one TOC brings to mind. Over the past several years TOC has been applied to other areas such as performance measures, supply chains, marketing, sales and managing people. In this paper I review how TOC has been applied to these areas.

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The Theory of Constraints (TOC) was first applied to production scheduling. For many people this application is the only one TOC brings to mind. Over the past several years TOC has been applied to other areas such as performance measures, supply chains, marketing, sales and managing people. In this paper I review how TOC has been applied to these areas.

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The Theory of Constraints (TOC) was first applied to production scheduling. For many people this application is the only one TOC brings to mind. Over the past several years TOC has been applied to other areas such as performance measures, supply chains, marketing, sales and managing people. In this paper I review how TOC has been applied to these areas.

Key concepts: Theory of constraints, Scheduling (production processes), Production (economics), Supply chain, Business, Computer science, Operations research, Environmental economics

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