tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760510394284678173.post1526111574404924289..comments2013-04-22T13:21:39.388-07:00Comments on TOC Journey: SatisficingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760510394284678173.post-6682541477977875722011-07-14T03:05:17.136-07:002011-07-14T03:05:17.136-07:00Hi Orion, I'm having difficulty understanding ...Hi Orion, I'm having difficulty understanding the link between 'local optima' and "Satisfycing". I see the point of reaching "Statisfycing" somewhere before the goal is reached where at that point one knows there is still a way to travel to reach the goal but at the same time one knows that what has been achieved up to that point, is good enough to actually satisfyEtiennenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760510394284678173.post-74469171512309653402011-07-14T00:32:26.499-07:002011-07-14T00:32:26.499-07:00Etienne,
Why do you say that Satisfycing = necess...Etienne,<br /><br />Why do you say that Satisfycing = necessary but not sufficient? if that is so than we should optimize.<br />The way I have Satisfycing defined is "the necessary, the sufficient and nothing else"<br /><br />OrionAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10254355821573616950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760510394284678173.post-22183978463142504712011-07-14T00:31:46.385-07:002011-07-14T00:31:46.385-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10254355821573616950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760510394284678173.post-23932852999095507912011-07-13T06:21:41.358-07:002011-07-13T06:21:41.358-07:00Satifycing = Necessary, but not sufficient.Satifycing = Necessary, but not sufficient.Etiennenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760510394284678173.post-60571952880280946142011-07-13T01:10:59.279-07:002011-07-13T01:10:59.279-07:00Orion, even though you appear to be jsut looking f...Orion, even though you appear to be jsut looking for correct terminology, the contents of the blog still educate - thank you!<br /><br />With tongue-in-cheek, maybe a neologism should be used here - I mean, we all are familiar with the terms "kaizen" and "poka-yoke" from the Japanese production environment, so why not simply talking about "yoding", derived from the Francoishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14378000744937020869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760510394284678173.post-61615161688122283042011-07-13T00:24:30.824-07:002011-07-13T00:24:30.824-07:00Bob,Oh, I totally agree to the fact that metrics d...Bob,Oh, I totally agree to the fact that metrics derive behaviours. The thing is you see organizations take on TOC and then digress back. I have a hunch that the self measurement process is at fault there, that even after top management stops pushing in the wrong direction there is a self inclination to optimize, because it must be good. That is why I would disagree with subsatisficing, it makes Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10254355821573616950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760510394284678173.post-19437419395888905182011-07-12T13:57:16.746-07:002011-07-12T13:57:16.746-07:00Hi Orion....great blog! I think maybe a better wo...Hi Orion....great blog! I think maybe a better word might be subsatisficing since we are accepting suboptimal thinking and performance. I firmly believe that we owe the focus on local optimal to our Cost Accounting friends who continue to push metrics like efficiency and utilization as performance metrics. Metrics drive behaviors or as Eli so eloquently put it, "Show me how you measure meBob Sproullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12778686757724395900noreply@blogger.com