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I've just watched a presentation by Eli Goldratt about the holistic approach to implmenting TOC. Here is a synopsis.
About 2% of all people who read 'the goal' have implemented the Goal even though everyone agrees it is good, and is common sence.
Harvard psychology study showed that if a whole bunch of peers choose the wrong answer to a question, and you are then asked the same question, there is a 90% probability that you will choose the wrong option also. However if even one of your peers chooses the right answer, there is a 70% chance that you will choose the right option also. All it takes is a crack in conformity for the truth to shine through.
Three cracks that are causing TOC to be taken up.
* The Goal has been translated into Japaneese (300,000 copies sold in three months)
* Fortune 500 companies have at least one plant on TOC and are publishing their results (all positive)
* I can' remember the third.
Three reasons why not to implement TOC across the whole organisation at once rather then one at a time.
* Improving only one link may cause problems in another.
* Improving only one link may cause problems in the link that improved
* Improving only one link is defiantly a waste of major benefits.
Forms of TOC:
Production: Drum-buffer-rope
Marketing: Construction of irrefusable offer
Projects: Critical Chain
How to convince management to go with TOC:
* Strategy and Tactic