Ely Goldratt, author of the book "The Goal", and originator of the Theory of Constraints training often asks this question of his students, "What are you waiting for?"
You know how to identify waste and substandard performance. You've been trained on how to list the cause of constraints. You also know how to list cures and subordinate others to help. But, most of all, you know how good it feels to implement improvement and elevate a constraint. So...why do you wait?
But what if we don't do anything about our constraints. Sure we can rationalize doing nothing.
This type of behavior is called constraint mis-management.
(Get all the necessary people in a meeting and use the format. Examples below include global and local improvements)
What are clouds? Learn more about clouds.(Explanation of Evaporating Cloud and Other Thinking Processes)
Time cloud How do you focus your time? (Note: This cloud diagram includes assumptions, etc)
(Note: The clouds below are diagrams only)
Cost World vs Throughput World Providing operator tools increases throughput (TOC & Lean) Note: Cloud form not shown.
PPT-TOC in Medicine - This link opens into a web slide show. Covers TOC A-Z (a lot anyway), conflict clouds and the thinking process.