"Constraints" refers to the existing or potential constraints in the process of achieving its goals. Constraint management is to identify and eliminate these constraints one by one, and make clear the improvement direction and strategy of enterprises, so as to help enterprises achieve their goals more effectively.
In order to achieve the expected goal, enterprises must make great efforts to improve from the weakest link-bottleneck or constraint link, in order to achieve remarkable results. In other words, which link constrains an enterprise to achieve its goals should be reformed by overcoming this constraint.
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Bottleneck theory TOC theory has been widely used in American business circles, and gradually formed a perfect management system in the 1990s.
American Institute of Product and Inventory Control (APICS) attaches great importance to TOC, calling it "constraint management", and has established a constraint management research group.
The team believes that TOC is a combination of management concepts and management tools. "Constraints" refers to the existing or potential constraints in the process of achieving its goals. Constraint management is to identify and eliminate these constraints one by one, and make clear the improvement direction and strategy of enterprises, so as to help enterprises achieve their goals more effectively.