On this week’s show, Paul Akers and Jon Lussier continue their Theory of Constraint (TOC) conversation with Bob Buckley from True32 Custom Cabinetry and author of True32 Flow Manufacturing.
In thinking about TOC, it seems like a Kanban board that models the flow gives you almost everything
you get from TOC, but also gain direct and simple visual controls. If you set WIP limits right, the constraints become obvious. If Lean is the target, then Kanban is the primary first tool. There seems to be a lot of overlap and not sure how to tease out the difference. I see some suggestions of using Kanban and then TOC concepts for measurements. Not sure, but would like to hear more thoughts on this.
I was also thinking that a modern air craft carrier would be a finely polished Kanban example. The
flight deck “ouija board” seems like a great visual control board. It would be cool to find someone
to interview on that subject.
I still would like to hear about how through Lean The American Innovator has policies for holding on to and reinforcing the gains it has achieved though constant improvement.
Jon and Paul I would also like to hear about what you found as your constraint and how you can elevate them as it would seem that you would have different constraints depending on what product you are producing. I could see where you would build to queues so that the constraint is always shipping or do you have a different take on that?
In thinking about TOC, it seems like a Kanban board that models the flow gives you almost everything
you get from TOC, but also gain direct and simple visual controls. If you set WIP limits right, the constraints become obvious. If Lean is the target, then Kanban is the primary first tool. There seems to be a lot of overlap and not sure how to tease out the difference. I see some suggestions of using Kanban and then TOC concepts for measurements. Not sure, but would like to hear more thoughts on this.
I was also thinking that a modern air craft carrier would be a finely polished Kanban example. The
flight deck “ouija board” seems like a great visual control board. It would be cool to find someone
to interview on that subject.
http://blog.crisp.se/2009/11/16/henrikkniberg/1258359420000
http://www.infoq.com/articles/hiranabe-lean-agile-kanban
I still would like to hear about how through Lean The American Innovator has policies for holding on to and reinforcing the gains it has achieved though constant improvement.
Jon and Paul I would also like to hear about what you found as your constraint and how you can elevate them as it would seem that you would have different constraints depending on what product you are producing. I could see where you would build to queues so that the constraint is always shipping or do you have a different take on that?
Pat: Listen to my response. Thanks, Paul