Theory of Constraints Glossary

THEORY OF CONSTRAINTS (TOC)
- TOC is a management philosophy that can be viewed as three separate but interrelated areas – logistics, performance measurement, and logical thinking. TOC focuses the organizations scarce resources on improving the performance of the true constraint, and therefore the bottom line of the organization.
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