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The Diagnostic Workshop utilizes a logical, effect-cause-effect process, coupled with the intuition of company management, to develop an assessment of where the company currently is, the appropriate constraint management solutions which would help improve the company, and the anticipated benefits to be achieved.
The diagnostic includes interviews with management, across various functions, ending in an analysis by our highly experienced business professionals, presented to management and submitted in written form for later review.
A high-level implementation plan is also documented, showing the "road map" to be followed if the recommendations from the diagnostic are implemented.
The diagnostic typically takes between 2 and 5 days on-site with various personnel, depending upon the size of your organization. The analysis is completed off-site and then the diagnostic leader returns to present the findings and recommendations to senior management. A written report is also submitted, including an implementation road-map.
Specific items addressed include:
Internal vs. external
Physical vs. policy
Initial constraint identified
Potential benefits of addressing initial constraint
Freed up cash-flow
Profitability impact
Market perception
Delivery performance
Inventory levels
Identification of likely subsequent constraint
The Critical Chain Project Management Solution
Two-day Workshop
This interactive workshop provides an overview of the TOC / Critical Chain approach to the management of single and multi-project environments with specific emphasis on the issues faced in complex, new product development organizations.
Through exercises, simulations and extensive group interaction, the class derives the root causes of many of the problems faced in today’s project and program management environments as well as how the critical chain systems approach help overcome these issues.
Additionally, the question "which is more important, the algorithm or the alchemy" is discussed with specific emphasis on how to put a system of this type into place, including the cultural and behavioral issues, implementation obstacles and upper management issues inherent in this type of endeavor.
Specific examples, including metrics and reports developed as well as results achieved and obstacles encountered by new product development clients of the Goldratt Institute such as Seagate Technology, Synergis Technologies, Herman Miller, Lucent Technologies, Eaton Corporation and others will be discussed.
Finally, the issue of project management as the tip of the product development iceberg will be discussed and put into context within the entire new product development chain of portfolio management – pipeline management – project management.
Critical Chain Express
Critical Chain Multi-Project Management is a powerful, proven solution for eliminating the customary loss of time and capacity in project operations. Companies that have benefited from it include Herman Miller, Lucent, Medtronic and Seagate. Typical results reported by these and other companies are:
- Due-date performance improved to 95%+
- 20 to 60% reduction in cycle time of projects
- 10 to 40% increase in effective capacity without adding resources
But Critical Chain multi-project management is not for large enterprises only. If anything, small or medium-sized enterprises (SMSE’s, sales between $20 M and $50M) have only more to gain from eliminating waste and improving delivery of projects.
Therefore, The Goal Institute – a leading provider of critical chain consulting – has teamed up with Realization Technologies – the leading provider of multi-project management software – to serve the unique needs of SMSE’s:
- No disruptions to ongoing operations (from system set up, training etc.)
- Minimize demand on time and effort of key personnel
- Reduce, not add overhead
- Time-to-benefit less than 6 weeks
- Minimize upfront investment and conserve cash
This unique offering from The Goal Institute and Realization is called CC-Express, and following are its highlights:
- Install only the functionality absolutely necessary for SMSE’s
- Establish only the processes critical for SMSE operations
- Achieve transfer of knowledge through “on-the-job” training
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