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About the Authors
Chad Smith is the cofounder and Managing Partner of Constraints Management Group (CMG), a services and technology company specializing in pull-based manufacturing, materials, and project management systems for mid-range and large manufacturers. Mr. Smith has a wide range of experience in successfully applying pull-based systems within a diverse scope of organizations and industries. Clients, past and present, include LeTourneau Technologies, Boeing, Intel, Erickson Air-Crane, Siemens, IBM, The Charles Machine Works (Ditch Witch), and Oregon Freeze Dry.
Since the late 1990s, Mr. Smith and his partners at CMG have been at the forefront of developing and articulating the concepts behind ASR as well as building ASR compliant technology. CMG’s homepage is at www.thoughtwarepeople.com.
Additionally, Mr. Smith is an internationally recognized expert in the application and development of TOC, getting his formal training at the Avraham Y. Goldratt Institute Academy and working under the tutelage of Dr. Eli Goldratt, author of The Goal, for several years.
Contact him at csmith@thoughtwarepeople.com.
Carol Ptak is at Pacific Lutheran University as Visiting Professor and Executive in Residence after years of executive management experience at PeopleSoft and IBM Corporation as well as many years of consulting expertise. Most recently, Ms. Ptak served as the Vice President and Global Industry Executive for Manufacturing and Distribution industries at PeopleSoft.
Here she developed the concept of Demand Driven Manufacturing (DDM) as an overall product and marketing strategy to align product development, market awareness, and demand generation. Her innovative approach is credited with significantly improving the company’s position in the manufacturing industry software market and earned her national recognition in publications such as CFO Magazine and the New York Times. Prior to her accomplished record at PeopleSoft, Ms. Ptak spent four years at IBM Corporation starting as a member of the worldwide ERP/SCM solutions sales team and quickly rising to the position of global SMB segment executive.
From 1993 through 1998, Ms. Ptak owned Eagle Enterprises, a consulting firm that promotes company-wide excellence through education and successful implementation. She worked with a wide-range of businesses including internationally known corporations such as Boeing and Starbucks.
Ms. Ptak, who holds her MBA from Rochester Institute of Technology, is also certified by the American Production and Inventory Control Society in Production and Inventory Management (Fellow level) and in Integrated Resource Management and completed additional graduate work at Stanford University. She holds a bachelors degree in Biology from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Contact her at ptakca@plu.edu.
SECTION IV
Performance Measures
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CHAPTER 13
Traditional Measures in Finance and Accounting, Problems, Literature Review, and TOC Measures
CHAPTER 14
Resolving Measurement/ Performance Dilemmas
CHAPTER 15
Continuous Improvement and Auditing
CHAPTER 16
Holistic TOC Implementation Case Studies
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Problems with traditional accounting methods and other traditional measures are considered