Introduction to the Theory of Constraints (TOC) Management System (The CRC Press Series on Constraints Management) [Hardcover]

Thomas B. McMullen Jr (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1574440667 | ISBN-13: 978-1574440669 | Publication Date: April 13, 1998 | Edition: 1

Introducing an important new expression of management science called the Theory of Constraints (TOC), this book helps busy executives and professionals quickly learn and implement TOC principles. Introduction to the Theory of Constraints (TOC) Management System organizes several proven TOC principles, processes, and solutions into a TOC management system that has been successfully applied to everything from manufacturing industries to health care.
The Theory of Constraints is based on the scientific method that has been developed and refined for nearly three decades by Dr. Eli Goldratt. The TOC management system offers management techniques that are sound, practical, and can be applied to nearly every company, project, or personal endeavor imaginable. It has created fundamentally new ways of managing, and has dramatically improved the ability of hundreds of thousands of individuals to make smart decisions on a daily basis. If you've read Eli Goldratt's bestselling books and wondered how to put his ideas to work, Introduction to the Theory of Constraints (TOC) Management System tells what TOC is, where it came from, who uses it, and how to get started with it.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: CRC Press; 1 edition (April 13, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1574440667
• ISBN-13: 978-1574440669
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,111,550 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Non-compelling 50,000 ft., TOC fly-by that fails., June 17, 1998

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This review is from: Introduction to the Theory of Constraints (TOC) Management System (The CRC Press Series on Constraints Management) (Hardcover)

I'm not sure what Tom was trying to accomplish with this book. It tries to be a history, a handbook, a textbook, and chicken soup for the TOC soul, all at the same time; and fails at each. At times self-serving, at others pointless, I still have no idea what Tom's GOAL was except to extract 25 bucks from my pocket. Aside from a brief bout with lucidity in the "Columbo" gag in chapter six, there is nothing worthwhile here. You can get the same thing from "The Goal" and "It's not Luck" and enjoy the ride a whole lot more. C-,

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Word-Mosaic of Constraint Theory, July 11, 1998

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H. W. Dettmer (Olympic Peninsula, Washington) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Introduction to the Theory of Constraints (TOC) Management System (The CRC Press Series on Constraints Management) (Hardcover)

Tom McMullen's book fills an important, previously vacant niche in the body of knowledge on constraint theory. It's an excellent broad-brush picture of the systemic spread and implications of constraint theory. Nobody else has quite captured the potential scope of constraint theory as a management system in any other books that I've read. Most of the other works in the public body of knowledge are specialized or tightly focused. Tom ties the disparate facets of constraint theory together. It's the first time I know of that anybody's ever publicly characterized TOC as a "management system," but the shoe fits. An excellent foundation for further exploration.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I don't recommend this book, June 6, 2000

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Luis F Botero - See all my reviews

This review is from: Introduction to the Theory of Constraints (TOC) Management System (The CRC Press Series on Constraints Management) (Hardcover)

I bought based in some good reviews at Amazon.com but is worthless, the author doesn't give new ideas but a compilation of Goldratt books. It seems more like an unorganized class notebook than a good worth reading.