Dear TOC Enthusiast,
A litte over 1 month ago Dr Eliyahu M Goldratt (father of Theory of Constraints and one of my mentors) was diagnosed with lung cancer. It quickly spread and Eli passed on June 11, 2011.
I was fortunate to spend time with him in Israel before his passing. His last days were spent transferring knowledge and getting a small team ready to present and facilitate on his behalf at the TOCICO conference.
We completed that mission yesterday. And I believe it was a big success. We focused on tranferring a process to "Stand on the Shoulders of Giants". This process will ensure that the TOC community continues to thrive.
To give you an idea of how to stand of the shoulders of those that came before, check out this article: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants by Dr Eliyahu M Goldratt (big file with some hand written notes, so be patient while it downloads)
Sincerely,
Dr Lisa
President, Science of Business
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Dr Eliyahu M Goldratt, 1947 - 2011
Sunday, February 13, 2011
The Fastest Way to Increase Cash Flow using Theory of Constraints & Throughput Accounting
This week I have a new video for you. This video was taken during the 2009 TOCICO conference in Tacoma and this is the first time I'm making it available.
Many of you listed Throughput Accounting as one of your interests. So I dug this video out and uploaded it for your review. Prior to today, this video was only available if your purchased it through the TOCICO.
It's called "The Fastest Way to Increase Cash Flow" and it's 48 minutes long. Please let me know what you think of it, by leaving a comment on this post.
Let me know what you think, by leaving a comment on this post.
Wishing you success,
Dr Lisa
President, Science of Business
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Saturday, January 29, 2011
I've NEVER disclosed this ... Traffic Geyser
Back in 2008 I did a presentation at the TOCICO conference called "Achieving Success with a Mafia Offer." In this presentation I covered how we increased leads for one of our clients (a custom machine shop) using the internet, among other things.
Sometimes having a great offer, a Mafia Offer, is NOT enough to increase sales. Often you have to let the world know about your offer. In this video I explained how we did that. What I did NOT reveal was one of the TOOLs we used to do that.
We were able to drive leads to their website using videos. We could get a number of positions on the first page of Google for their appropriate keywords. And they had a big jump in sales as a result.
The reason I did not reveal the tool was twofold:
1) It wasn't available even if you wanted it.
2) I wanted a head start with it. (We now have over 95% of our business coming from the internet, so we're all set there.)
So I'm now ready to reveal my little secret and it is now available for you to try and then purchase if you like.
They open up these trials and allow purchasing for only short periods of time. That's so they can control the number of subscribers and keep their service levels high.
If you're interested in using videos and video distribution to drive your Google positions, then give Traffic Geyser a try. You can do a 30 day trial for $1 by clicking this link.
Seriously, this gives you the tools to blast your content out in the form of video, podcasts, audio, articles and more, and have the world at your fingertips. I've used the system 2008, and it's been my little secret until now. Definitely the best dollar you could possibly spend today.
Whether you need or want this tool or not -- watch the video above. It was very well received and I covered what it takes to be successful with a Mafia Offer.
If you have questions or comments, please leave them on this post. I'm happy to answer questions about how to get started with Traffic Geyser.
Wishing you success,
Dr Lisa
President, Science of Business
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Theory of Constraints International Certification Organization (TOCICO) 2009 Conference
The annual TOCICO conference is in Japan this year and it's proving to be a very big deal. If you are a Theory of Constraints consultant, practitioner, professor, software provider, or just interested in learning more -- you should not miss this event.
Let me tell you why.
First of all, even though it's in Japan, it will cost about the same as attending last years conference in Las Vegas. Room rates are actually lower than Vegas – including breakfast. Airfares from the US are around $800. So the cost is affordable.
Second, there will be not one, but FOUR Living legends presenting!
Dr. Eliyahu M Goldratt is once again kindly donating his time to the TOCICO for a two day upgrade for members. Dr. Eli Goldratt will also close the conference with his provocative thoughts on the future. The opening keynote will be by the Director General of the largest of the government agencies in Japan - the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transportation and Tourism. The MLIT director general will talk about TOC acceptance and a remarkable success case and future on-going Kaizen efforts using CCPM. This approach has created a win-win-win public works management transformation that is good for the taxpayer, good for companies and good for the government. The impact of TOC on the country of Japan is so significant that immediately following the TOCICO conference there will be a MLIT conference in the same hotel. The TOCICO is a major sponsor for this conference and has arranged so that you can attend this half day conference at no additional charge - 5 days of conference for the price of 4! Plan on staying through November 20.
At that MLIT conference, we are honored this year to be joined by one of the last living students of Dr. Taiichi Ohno. Mr. Ohnishi, is currently Chairman of Chubu Quality Association. This is the association that annually awards the highly coveted Deming award in Japan. He was the executive managing director Toyota. Mr. Ohnishi will be presenting "Lessons from Dr. Ohno, father of Toyota Production Systems"
Mr. Suehiro Nakamura, past executive vice president of Sony and a direct student of the two Sony founders, Mr. Akio Morita and Mr. Masaru Ibuka has agreed to present "Lesson learned from two founders Sony, Akio Morita, Masaru Ibuka --Total Value Stream Innovation to make win-win-win holistic supply chain management". He will show us how he managed holistic supply chain management in Europe and Thailand with was amazing results including having only 7 days of inventory - not only within Sony but including all retail stores including small shop) bring win-win-win to whole supply chain which he calls "value stream". You can also visit the Sony museum!
Airfares are at the lowest level in years. When you check, you will discover that you can get a round trip to Tokyo for under $900. The hotel room cost is lower than the cost at the 2009 TOCICO International Conference in Las Vegas. The conference fee is the same as 2009. Even in this tough economic time, this is a trip that will payback quickly. Can your company afford to miss this opportunity?
And my favorite part of these conferences is networking with all my TOC friends and meeting new ones. If you decide to go, please let me know so we can meet up!
The 2009 dates:
November 15—Certification exams
November 16 & 17— Dr. Eli Goldratt will conduct a TOC upgrade workshop for TOCICO members
November 18 & 19—Keynotes and breakouts
November 20—MLIT win-win-win conference at the same hotel. TOCICO conference attendees are cordially invited to attend the MILT conference on Nov 20 at no additional charge and hear Mr. Ohnishi, Chairman of Chubu Quality Association, ex-executive managing director Toyota, “Lessons from Dr. Ohno, father of Toyota Production Systems”
To register, please visit www.TOCICO.org.
Hope to see you there!
Dr Lisa
