What's this got to do with TOC?

Well, apart from the fact this costume is real cool and kinda freaky, I think it shows us the way we should be thinking when taking on the six questions of new technology (well, at least 1-5):


Question no. 1:  What is the Power of the Technology?

Question no. 2:  What current limitation or barrier does the new technology (or product) eliminate or
vastly reduce?

Question no. 3:  What usage rules, patterns and behaviors exist today that consider the limitation?


Question no 4:  What rules, patterns and behaviors need to be changed to get the benefits of the new
technology?

Question no 5 – later version:  What is the application of the new technology that will enable the
above change without causing resistance?

Question no 6:  How to build, capitalize and sustain the business?
(I copied the questions from Eli Schragenheim's artice "Using the Six Questions by Dr. Goldratt on Riddle no. 3")

Should I elaborate?

Happy Halloween and enjoy the treats

Flow to the extreme

A simulation clip for a train designed to never stop I fisrt saw over at the Goldratt House.
First off, I think it is important to think about the paradingm shift this represents. All the trains I have ever encountered work on the same paradigm - the train waits for people to board/unboard. This is, to the best of my knowledge, a main reason for train schedule flactuations. A Londoner once told me that he could catch the underground  at 7:45 and be at work within 10 minutes, or he could be a bit late and catch it at 8:00 and then be at work within 30 minutes. So it is pretty clear what is the power of this new technology and it is probably good practice to try and work through the other questions of new technology. But what keeps troubling me is - how does this thing turn around to start the trip back if it never stops?

In manufacturing we seek flow because it means inventories are moving and as inventories move in one direction they create a move of income (or rather Throughput) in the other direction.Jusr remember flow is only a means to a goal and must be viewed from the greater perspective of the entire system (here's why)