About this Presentation
TOC is for people who desire to improve – systems and life. TOC has started in the area of managing production. It presented a different way of managing the flow – in planning as well as in execution. The OPT software that was developed in the 1970’s was powerful and brought immediate improvements. At the same time it was difficult to transfer the reasoning of the new approach to those who were supposed to manage production in the new way. That created the need for an effective way to transfer the knowledge and to persuade others about its validity. Another need for such an approach and tools came from the desire to expand the TOC solutions beyond production and logistical flow. This brought Eli Goldratt to initiate the development of a set of tools to systematically develop and/or capture the reasoning underlying the TOC solutions. The result of this development is a comprehensive set of tools that can enable people to develop, record and communicate their reasoning behind their ideas of what is needed to be done in order to improve. These tools are called the TOC TP – Thinking Processes. The workshop will present a quick reference to the spectrum of tools provided by TOC. This is with the view of giving new comers the terminology and the purpose of the different tools. The set of the TP tools contain over twenty items that are structured in five groups: 1. Mindset & Basics – Commitment to logic based management. 2. Current Reality - understanding the problem – answering “What to Change?”. 3. Future Reality - establishing the solution – “What to change to?”. 4. Transition - implementing the solution – “How to cause the change?”. 5. POOGI – Continuous improvement – “How to grow?”
What Will You Learn
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Instructor(s)
Oded Cohen
Oded Cohen is a leading expert and developer of TOC, starting with Dr. Goldratt from the very early years of then emerging TOC. Oded significantly contributed to developing TOC for Production, TOC Thinking Processes and TOC for Management. Oded has over 45 years of experience working with companies and individuals all over the world. He is the author of Ever Improve - a TOC concept and major book on TOC methodology and mechanics of solutions for Make to Order and Make to Availability, and one of the authors of the concept of the Decalogue, presented in the book called Deming and Goldratt. Oded was the TOCICO founder and the first Chairman, and is the Co-Founder and Co-President of TOC Practitioners Alliance – TOCPA.
Ms Alka Wadhwa
Alka Wadhwa is an experienced consultant and process improvement expert with over 24 years of expertise in the Theory of Constraints (TOC), Lean Six Sigma, and organizational performance optimization. She has successfully led projects in healthcare, financial services, and manufacturing, driving significant improvements such as a 67% boost in hospital operations and a 140% increase in outpatient visits.
Previously, Alka Wadhwa spent 17+ years at GE Global Research Center, where she led initiatives to enhance various GE businesses through advanced technologies, process redesign, and system optimization. Founder of Better Solutions Consulting, LLC, she specializes in using TOC, Six Sigma, and data analytics to streamline operations and build high-performance teams.
Her work has earned her multiple accolades, including the Empire State Award of Excellence in healthcare.
Dr Gary Wadhwa
Dr. Gary Wadhwa is a Board Certified Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon with extensive experience in the field. He completed his Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery training at Montefiore Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, NY, and has served as an Attending at prestigious institutions like St. Peters Hospitals, Ellis Hospital, and Beth Israel Hospital in NY. With a career spanning over two decades, he was the former CEO and President of a group specialty practice in NY from 1994 to 2015. Dr. Wadhwa holds an MBA from UT at Knoxville, TN, and has undergone additional training in System Dynamics at MIT, Health System Management at Harvard Business School, and Entrepreneurship and healthcare innovations at Columbia Business School. Committed to expanding access to Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery care, he is currently engaged in a meaningful project to provide healthcare services to underserved populations in inner city and rural areas through non-profit Community Health Centers.