Who Cares? aka The Audience for Simplified Drum-Buffer-Rope

[may I assume you have read the previous episodes?]

Whenever I’m trying to help people understand what this word ‘system’ means, I usually start by asking: ‘Are you a part of a family?’ Everybody is a part of a family.
—Peter Senge

Once we understand that we are talking about a ‘system’ and not a computer system, then we may dive into sDBR which is based on systems thinking. Goldratt’s TOC is a higher form of ordered thinking in my experience. Ready?

Who Should Care About sDBR?

• By Industry: I have personally applied TOC (Theory of Constraints) in many industries, with the notable exception of food and beverage. Obviously in manufacturing, distribution, wholesale, retail, software development, and medical devices to name a few of my favorites.

• By Function: As a generalist, I have served in most common roles or positions...

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—ski

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Dedications
From the book, Manufacturing At Warp Speed, Optimizing Supply Chain Financial Performance by Schragenheim and Dettmer:

To Eliyahu M. Goldratt, profound thinker and educator.
It is better to light a candle than to curse the light.

From me for this series on Simplified Drum-Buffer-Rope (sDBR):
“Constraints are everywhere in life and business. When you find a better mousetrap, you will do well to share it with others.”

First things first: These two gentlemen know the Theory of Constraints (TOC) inside, out. Better yet, they are both life long learners and finally, both are among the world’s [yes, the World’s] best educators. Ever. Thousands if not tens of thousands [or more!] eager students have sat at the feet figuratively [and many of us literally] of these two icons over the past thirty years.

I consider them both friends and have called on them on several occasions...

aka Optimizing Financial Performance

Yes, it started in manufacturing. But it didn’t stay “down on the farm” for very long. The “it” is Simplified Drum-Buffer-Rope. [aka sDBR]

Save The Date: 2020 Day Six [01/06/2020]
I will be sharing the Proof Positive Results on Investment in the learning and applying sDBR in your business. Especially startups where cashflow is everything… or should I say where positive cashflow is everything?

Stay tuned. Invite a friend. On LinkedIn.

Yes, this is a series of insights designed for educating those savvy business people on the LI platform that need more Return on their Investment.

—ski

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What is the secret sauce? Accountability.

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The Bible for sDBR by Eli Schragenheim and H. William Dettmer

And no, this is NOT just for manufacturing. It works almost everywhere.

Who do you know that is always right? No one, of course. However, there are SMEs [subject matter experts] that within a domain or two [usually no more than three] that “just know” a concept inside and out. So it is with Simplified Drum-Buffer-Rope aka sDBR. The authors are both colleagues and friends as well as the de facto face of this topic.

Which of course is a significant variation of the traditional approach that was made popular by the late Dr. Eli Goldratt’s book, The Goal — The Process Of On-Going Improvement [POOGI]. POOGI in a sense, to me at least, is a tribute to W. Edwards Demings’ feedback loop. But DBR and The Logical Thinking Process is a whole lot more. Way more.

So, why this book and why now?

Allow me a hint [okay, it was more like...

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“Hey Ski Man, what are you up to?”
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What I’m doing now

[updated 10/31/2022 14:41 EDT]

Guess what? I am waiting for the Microprocessor & Robitcs class to begin…

Kent State University Tuscarawas is the place to be in Northeast Ohio. FYI: It has been a few days since I updated this page. My mind is little scattered at the moment, but somehow I lost two [or more] years.

Today’s Audio Podcast:

All About Projects

Link to the LiveCAST: https://youtu.be/CnwTSyuoNRs

Tune in tomorrow and see if there is any “new” stuff on my NOW page…
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[updated 04/13/2020 22:12 EDT]

Long day… not to worry, I just took a nap. {grin}
Busy day tomorrow.
Work In Progress: The 7min Hire [aka how hiring gets done re: COVID-19]
—ski

Mentors. Mentorships. Results.

Rarely do I make apologies… fortunately I am rarely wrong. But I will say I am sorry for taking a very complex and often traumatic experience [that of entrepreneurship] and telling stories about how exciting and rewarding it is for those that are called. Note the key concept here: “Those that are called.”

We all have seen folks that would better be served by staying gamely employed. Or perhaps better yet, buying a proven franchise. There is no shame in building a business around a viable business model as mentored by a franchise. I have taken the road in the past and looking at a couple options going forward.

Mark and I have had that discussion [and lots of others!]. He gets it.

But he is far from being an entrepreneur IMNSHO. Yet I do approve of his casual use of the term “first time entrepreneur” here. However, until he generates “goal units” as...

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