Suppose that you are starting a distribution implementation in a retail chain that has about 70 stores with over 8,000 SKUs. You’re about to define the buffer sizes so one of the obvious questions is what is the replenishment time from the Central Warehouse to the stores. The logistics manager tells you that whatever you […]
Dos flujos diferentes, cada uno limitado por una restricción distinta TOC ha sido criticado por enfocarse únicamente en el corto plazo. Explotar la restricción de capacidad, mientras se subordina todo lo demás al esquema de explotación de recursos, es la forma típica y rápida de obtener más de la meta en el corto plazo. […]
Let’s suppose that you’re implementing TOC in Christy’s footwear, a company with the following characteristics: They own six stores that sell men and women’s shoes and hold about 1,000 SKUs per store. The six shops are spread throughout the same city and are just 30 minutes away from one another, so distances are definitely not […]
Por Eli Schragenheim Nota del traductor: Una ventaja competitiva decisiva (VCD) es una ventaja de mercado significativa y sostenible sobre los competidores. Una VCD existe solo cuando una organización satisface una necesidad significativa del mercado al punto de que ningún competidor significativo lo pueda hacer. En muchas situaciones, los competidores no son […]
Throughput accounting is based on three simple measurements: throughtput (T), investment (I) and operational expense (OE). These measurements are then used to calculate two measurements that determine the profitability of a company: Net Profit (NP) and Return Over Investment (ROI). The formulas for these two variables are: NP = T – OE ROI = (T […]