{"id":26487,"date":"2018-06-11T18:43:06","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T23:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/?p=26487"},"modified":"2018-06-11T18:43:06","modified_gmt":"2018-06-11T23:43:06","slug":"theory-of-constraints-addresses-weakest-link","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/theory-of-constraints-addresses-weakest-link\/26487\/","title":{"rendered":"Theory of Constraints Addresses Weakest Link"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a296a24fa2fc69ef5487857f02f111e8\" data-index=\"9\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Single Post readerboard -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8207522353004717\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1144967431\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/theory-of-constraints-lean-.jpg\" alt=\"theory of constraints\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/theory-of-constraints-lean-.jpg 800w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/theory-of-constraints-lean--600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/theory-of-constraints-lean--300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/theory-of-constraints-lean--768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span>The Theory of Constraints (TOC) adopts the common idiom that &#8220;a chain is no stronger than its weakest link\u009d and refers to the understanding that processes are crucially vulnerable because the weakest person or part of the process can damage or break even the strongest of organizational processes.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>TOC principles view organizations as being limited in achieving its goals by a very small number of <\/span><span>constraints<\/span><span>. There is always at least one constraint, and TOC uses <\/span><span>a focusing process<\/span><span> to identify the constraint and restructure the rest of the organization around it. The definition of a constraint is anything that prevents the system from achieving its goal. There are many ways that constraints can show up, but a core principle within TOC is that there are not tens or hundreds of constraints, but at most, only a few in any given process.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>These constraints can be either internal or external. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The TOC theory seeks to provide precise and sustained focus on improving the current constraint until it no longer limits throughput, at which point the focus moves to the next constraint. The underlying power of Theory of Constraints flows from its ability to generate a tremendously strong focus towards a single goal and to removing the constraint to achieving more of that goal. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span>There are five steps for focusing the Theory of Constraints:<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Identify the constraint<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Decide how to exploit the constraint<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Subordinate everything else to previous step<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Elevate the constraint<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Go back to the starting step, while avoiding inertia<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>Even though its origins connect with manufacturing, the <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/applying-the-theory-of-constraints-to-healthcare\/24850\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Theory of Constraints<\/a> can be an effective method for problem solving across all industries. It can be seen as a methodology used to focus on problems currently being experienced, the cause and effect of<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>those problems, and the best course of action to remove them. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Theory of Constraints (TOC) adopts the common idiom that &#8220;a chain is no stronger than its weakest link\u009d and refers to the understanding that processes are crucially vulnerable because the weakest person or part of the process can damage or break even the strongest of organizational processes.\u00a0TOC principles view organizations as being limited in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12327,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[796,16,46],"tags":[1594,2162,731,788,1249,820,738,2045],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Theory of Constraints Addresses Weakest Link -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"the Theory of Constraints can be an effective method for problem solving across all industries. 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