Success Stories

Afrox Ltd

The implementation of a Constraint and Customer focused PULL system has been piloted in the central warehouse and a few of their distribution sites. Simulations and actual results have shown a significant improvement and reduction in the variability of the OTSA & DIFOT performance (sustaining levels within target levels of 99% to priority customers on priority products) while at the same time enabling a reduction in overall stockholding. TOC has also been implemented at one of the “problem” factories that frequently jeopardised the OTSA and DIFOT targets with excellent results. Based on the results to date, a decision has been made to roll-out TOC to other sites

Israel Aircraft Industries

In the wide body aircraft directorate, average turn around time per aircraft reduced from THREE MONTHS to TWO WEEKS. Backlog (Customer orders) has increased from two months to one year.

US Marine Corps Maintenance Center greatly improves using TOC

The Maintenance Center for the Marine Corps Logistics Base, Albany, Georgia, launched a program in 2001 combining principles drawn from the Theory of Constraints and Lean thinking. The Center had been constantly plagued by apparent capacity shortages in virtually every department and additional manpower was being considered.

An analysis using Theory of Constraints revealed that there was, in fact, more than adequate capacity to handle the workload. The perceived lack of capacity was due to policy constraints imposed on the Center as a result of a push scheduling mechanism. By implementing a pull system for scheduling repairs, the Center revealed capacity that had been masked. Today, the Center is ahead of, or on schedule, for 99 percent of the production lines where the Theory of Constraints principles have been implemented. © All Rights reserved by Goldratt´s Marketing Ltd

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