Comments on: Small business and startup tip: managing process flows to identify bottlenecks http://blog.crowdspring.com/2009/11/small-business-and-startup-tip-managing-process-flows-to-identify-bottlenecks/ crowdSPRING's blog about design, digital creativity, business strategy, and more. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: 5 thoughts for small business on delivering efficiency « crowdSPRING Blog http://blog.crowdspring.com/2009/11/small-business-and-startup-tip-managing-process-flows-to-identify-bottlenecks/comment-page-1/#comment-3078 5 thoughts for small business on delivering efficiency « crowdSPRING Blog Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:01:34 +0000 http://blog.crowdspring.com/?p=3103#comment-3078 [...] Find the bottleneck. I wrote about this a few months ago and suggested some simple ways a business could identify bottlenecks in their own [...] [...] Find the bottleneck. I wrote about this a few months ago and suggested some simple ways a business could identify bottlenecks in their own [...]

]]> By: Mike http://blog.crowdspring.com/2009/11/small-business-and-startup-tip-managing-process-flows-to-identify-bottlenecks/comment-page-1/#comment-2231 Mike Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:38:45 +0000 http://blog.crowdspring.com/?p=3103#comment-2231 Thanks, all, for the comments! @Marek: "The Goal" is a phenomenal book and Goldratt's TOC is indeed the principal concept behind this post. You are correct that the number of orders may be the bottleneck, but the example is intended illustrate the analytical process, while keeping it simple and stripped down - just to give people a little taste of the concept. @paul: Thanks for the ribbing! The pizza shop case is really just a device to introduce the notion of resource pools and how this type of analysis works. And besides, I do love pizza. :) Mike Thanks, all, for the comments!

@Marek: “The Goal” is a phenomenal book and Goldratt’s TOC is indeed the principal concept behind this post. You are correct that the number of orders may be the bottleneck, but the example is intended illustrate the analytical process, while keeping it simple and stripped down – just to give people a little taste of the concept.

@paul: Thanks for the ribbing! The pizza shop case is really just a device to introduce the notion of resource pools and how this type of analysis works. And besides, I do love pizza. :)

Mike

]]> By: Paul Rosenfeld http://blog.crowdspring.com/2009/11/small-business-and-startup-tip-managing-process-flows-to-identify-bottlenecks/comment-page-1/#comment-2230 Paul Rosenfeld Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:54:23 +0000 http://blog.crowdspring.com/?p=3103#comment-2230 I LOVE this enewsletter guys but I'm laughing abit at this analysis because ask any pizza shop (or other small biz) owner and they'd easily be able to identify the bottleneck as the chef. Usually, the bottleneck is really sales, not expenses: They adjust expenses to match. They know all this in their head. Anyway, while I'm giving you a bit of ribbing I do read this valuable stuff all the time, keep it up :-)...cheers, Paul I LOVE this enewsletter guys but I’m laughing abit at this analysis because ask any pizza shop (or other small biz) owner and they’d easily be able to identify the bottleneck as the chef. Usually, the bottleneck is really sales, not expenses: They adjust expenses to match. They know all this in their head.

Anyway, while I’m giving you a bit of ribbing I do read this valuable stuff all the time, keep it up :-) …cheers, Paul

]]> By: Paul Rosenfeld http://blog.crowdspring.com/2009/11/small-business-and-startup-tip-managing-process-flows-to-identify-bottlenecks/comment-page-1/#comment-5898 Paul Rosenfeld Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:54:00 +0000 http://blog.crowdspring.com/?p=3103#comment-5898 I LOVE this enewsletter guys but I'm laughing abit at this analysis because ask any pizza shop (or other small biz) owner and they'd easily be able to identify the bottleneck as the chef. Usually, the bottleneck is really sales, not expenses: They adjust expenses to match. They know all this in their head. Anyway, while I'm giving you a bit of ribbing I do read this valuable stuff all the time, keep it up :-)...cheers, Paul I LOVE this enewsletter guys but I’m laughing abit at this analysis because ask any pizza shop (or other small biz) owner and they’d easily be able to identify the bottleneck as the chef. Usually, the bottleneck is really sales, not expenses: They adjust expenses to match. They know all this in their head.

Anyway, while I’m giving you a bit of ribbing I do read this valuable stuff all the time, keep it up :-) …cheers, Paul

]]> By: Marek Kowalczyk http://blog.crowdspring.com/2009/11/small-business-and-startup-tip-managing-process-flows-to-identify-bottlenecks/comment-page-1/#comment-2229 Marek Kowalczyk Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:23:48 +0000 http://blog.crowdspring.com/?p=3103#comment-2229 What you've described here is a glimpse of Goldratt's Theory of Constraints (TOC). In reality the system's constraint (as it's technically called), might be the number of orders that you're getting, rather than a physical resource. Theory of Constraints is fully developed in the timeless business novel, The Goal by dr Eliyahu Goldratt http://bit.ly/5bDPQu (amazon.com link w/ my associate code). For more TOC resources & videos, check out http://toc.tv/ as well. Happy TOC-ing, Marek (http://marek-kowalczyk.pl) What you’ve described here is a glimpse of Goldratt’s Theory of Constraints (TOC).

In reality the system’s constraint (as it’s technically called), might be the number of orders that you’re getting, rather than a physical resource.

Theory of Constraints is fully developed in the timeless business novel, The Goal by dr Eliyahu Goldratt http://bit.ly/5bDPQu (amazon.com link w/ my associate code).

For more TOC resources & videos, check out http://toc.tv/ as well.

Happy TOC-ing,

Marek (http://marek-kowalczyk.pl)

]]> By: Marek Kowalczyk http://blog.crowdspring.com/2009/11/small-business-and-startup-tip-managing-process-flows-to-identify-bottlenecks/comment-page-1/#comment-5897 Marek Kowalczyk Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:23:00 +0000 http://blog.crowdspring.com/?p=3103#comment-5897 What you've described here is a glimpse of Goldratt's Theory of Constraints (TOC). In reality the system's constraint (as it's technically called), might be the number of orders that you're getting, rather than a physical resource. Theory of Constraints is fully developed in the timeless business novel, The Goal by dr Eliyahu Goldratt http://bit.ly/5bDPQu (amazon.com link w/ my associate code). For more TOC resources & videos, check out http://toc.tv/ as well. Happy TOC-ing, Marek (http://marek-kowalczyk.pl) What you’ve described here is a glimpse of Goldratt’s Theory of Constraints (TOC).

In reality the system’s constraint (as it’s technically called), might be the number of orders that you’re getting, rather than a physical resource.

Theory of Constraints is fully developed in the timeless business novel, The Goal by dr Eliyahu Goldratt http://bit.ly/5bDPQu (amazon.com link w/ my associate code).

For more TOC resources & videos, check out http://toc.tv/ as well.

Happy TOC-ing,

Marek (http://marek-kowalczyk.pl)

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