The Constraints Management Handbook (The CRC Press Series on Constraints Management) [Hardcover]

James F. Cox III (Author), Michael S. Spencer (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1574440608 | ISBN-13: 978-1574440607 | Publication Date: September 24, 1997 | Edition: 1

A new approach to improving the production of goods and services, Constraints Management (CM), recognizes the powerful role of the constraint (the limiting resource) in determining the output of the entire production system. By learning about and mastering CM concepts, managers can improve their companies' present output and plan for future growth as well.

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The Constraints Management Handbook is an excellent attempt to unify the pieces in production: sorting through the fog of classification, the overlap between MRP, JIT and TOC, and clarifying the implications on one of the most important aspects-the measurements. On these topics they have done a comprehensive work. But they don't stop there. They also introduce the reader to the power of using logic in a systematic way-the thinking processes-so that more people will help in the effort to turn the field of management into a hard science.
-Eli M. Goldratt, author of The Goal, It's Not Luck, and Critical Chain
I congratulate Jim Cox and Mike Spencer on an excellent book. As pioneers of constraints management in the academic community, it is fitting that they author the first comprehensive handbook on the topic. The book takes all the facets of constraints management: logistics, focusing steps and the thinking processes and presents them in an easy-to-understand and logical manner. The robustness of their real case study examples are excellent. If an organization or executive is considering embracing constraints management as part of their approach, this book along with The Goal is a must read.
-John Covington, Chesapeake Consulting Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 352 pages
• Publisher: CRC Press; 1 edition (September 24, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1574440608
• ISBN-13: 978-1574440607
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,404,080 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Didn't live up to my expectation, May 2, 2004

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Chris Groenewald (South Africa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Constraints Management Handbook (The CRC Press Series on Constraints Management) (Hardcover)

The ideas represented in the book is good and may probably work very well in an assembly line environment. But the authors, being from a production/assembly line environment, doesn't make it very obvious how it will work in a service environment or an "unusual" environment like mining. It therefore has limited application. Having said that though, some good ideas can be taken from the book. I also expected a lot more professional presentation from a book like this. There are huge amounts of typo's and one sometimes need to first figure out what the real numbers of the figures are that the text refers to. It also reads very difficult, with a lot of information given in one sentence.

2 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Análisis completo para la dirección productiva en la planta, April 1, 2000

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Luis (Costa Rica) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Constraints Management Handbook (The CRC Press Series on Constraints Management) (Hardcover)

Este libro contiene una amplio análisis de las alternativas que se pueden utilizar en la dirección productiva de toda empresa de manufactura. A mi me ha servido mucho en la implementación del modelo DBR en mi empresa - Incesa Standard.