This week’s guests are Max Krug and Pavel Kuviarzin. Max and Pavel gave us their take on the relationship between lean, processes, and The Theory of Constraints. They also touched on the dangers of falling too far into one particular CI “camp.” An MP3 audio version of this episode is available for download here.

In this episode you’ll learn: 

• The quote that inspires Max and Pavel (3:28)
• Max’s background (3:59)
• Pavel’s background (5:14)
• What TOC is all about (8:17)
• An example of using TOC (10:38)
• Using Gantt charts (13:54)
• Why the final editing is the constraint (21:57)
• About “drum buffer rope” (24:23)
• How they identify the root cause (27:52)
• The dangers of CI “camps” (31:01)

Podcast Resources

• Right Click to Download this Podcast as an MP3
• Pavel on LinkedIn
• Max on LinkedIn
• Future State Engineering
• The Goal

What Do You Think?

What has your experience been with TOC?