TOC News and Announcements

From: "Goldratt Newsgroup" <info@goldratt.co.uk>
To: "James Holt" <holt@vancouver.wsu.edu>
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 6:59 AM
Subject: Goldratt news

Dear James
We are sorry that this email is slightly longer than usual but the content is very exciting for us and all those who recognise the power of the TOC approach.

We are proud to announce that the world-wide organisation, 'TOC for Education', is holding its annual Thinking Skills conference in the UK
this summer.  We would like to encourage you to invite your family, friends and colleagues who are interested in or are involved in the education of young people, to experience first hand the successes being achieved.  The conference will enable them to discover the tools and knowledge which are significantly impacting children, parents and teachers alike across the world.

The children are using the tools to sort out some of their own obstacles to learning, relationship problems with family or others and many other issues.  In case you are not convinced yet, here is a quote from a primary school pupil from Mexico.  There are hundreds of examples from children and those teaching children who are getting substantial personal benefit from the use of the TOC Thinking tools:
"I'm so happy to receive the tools because I have learned to have better control of my activities as well as to grow as a person.  Now I have a better relationship with my Mom and brother, I now do my homework, I wake up in the morning with the wish to get better and better and with the wish to go to school. And my grades have been the best of my life."

And one from an Infant School Head Teacher in the UK:
"I'm now convinced the children gain immeasurably not only by gaining knowledge (from applying the tools to subjects within our lessons) but in developing thinking skills... a way forward to open up children's minds to thinking around problems and issues."

And from a parent of a 7 year old girl with special needs, UK:
"Never before has she perceived people's feelings and expressed them.  Everyone (family, friends, school) has noticed a dramatic improvement.  The good thing is that it seems to be lasting.  This is certainly an unexpected bonus."

The TOC for Education 6th International Thinking Skills conference will be held at the University of Nottingham, July 8-11, 2002

For more details on the conference schedule and for booking information, please go to:
http://www.goldratt.co.uk/tocfe.html

Best wishes for 2002

Goldratt UK

The TOC Dictionary
TOC Terms and Definitions for the beginner to the seasoned "Jonah"
http://www.srv.net/~lleach/TOC/Defs.html

TOC Summary (with good info on what TOC books to read and in what order)
http://www.ies.ncsu.edu/library/documents/triz.pdf

Dr. Holt's "Constraints Management" class at Washington State University
Excellent material and LOTS of Power Point and Visio examples!
This site is a must visit for those interested in learning more about building the 5 TOC "Trees"
http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/fac/holt/em526/

Dr. Holt's "Applications in Constraints Management" class at Washington State University
This is a great site for those interested in expanding on the TOC basics and getting into the Drum-Buffer-Rope and Critical Chain applications for project management.
http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/fac/holt/em530/

The Thinking Process Tools
This is an excellent site that lets you understand, and then BUILD your very own TOC Trees online!!
http://www.thedecalogue.com/Tools/toolshome.htm

Iowa State University Intro to TOC Page
Lots of great TOC info
http://www.ciras.iastate.edu/toc/index.html

Iowa State University TOC Training page
Great 54 page slide show presentation to help you learn and understand TOC
http://www.ciras.iastate.edu/toc/TOCintroductionWWW/sld001.htm

Rogo's Crazy About Constraints Site
Great site with lots TOC info and links to other TOC sites.
http://www.rogo.com/cac/

Critical Chain FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
http://www.focusedperformance.com/ccfaq.html

Tu Nguyen's TOC page
http://www.saigon.com/~nguyent/toc.html

Eli Goldratt's Home page
(The man who started TOC)
http://www.goldratt.com

TOC Success Stories
http://www.goldratt.com/success.htm

How to build a TOC / Critical Chain project network
http://www.aptconcepts.com/Articles/BuildingNetwork.html

Official TOC International Certification Organization
http://www.toc-ico.org/

Washington State University's Applications in Constraints Management
(Full PowerPoint Slides available)
http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/fac/holt/em530/

Bill Dettmer -
"Goldratt's Theory of Constraints: A Systems Approach to Continuous Improvement"
This is a MUST HAVE book if you are serious about creating your own "clouds" and want
to apply TOC to your work and personal life.
Retail for this book is $55 but you can get it (and others) from AllDirect.com for MUCH less.

Eli Goldratt - The father of TOC
Obviously you need to read at least his first 2 books on TOC to understand the Theory of Constraints
Get his books HERE

For TOC Beginners, I suggest:
The Goal
It's Not Luck
Critical Chain

For TOC Intermediate and Advanced users, I suggest:
Necessary But Not Sufficient

ASQ Quality Progress - January 2002, Pgs. 50 - 50 :
"What Should Be Changed"

ASQ Quality Progress - March 2002, Pgs. 73 - 78 :
"How to Compare Six Sigma, Lean and the Theory of Constraints"

Yahoo's Discussion Group on TOC
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tocexperts

Yahoo's Discussion Group on Critical Chain project management
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CriticalChain/

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