Operations Performance with TLS

TLS601 TLS Workshop

Many organizations we see today are struggling with their Continuous Improvement
(CI) efforts. Many “improvement” projects are started, but little is achieved and attaining real bottom line benefits, whether in cost savings or rising revenues, has proven to be difficult. In spite of the widespread implementation of Lean and Six Sigma principles, poor results persist. That’s not to say there are not pockets of success: some implementations do deliver a competitive edge; but these projects are the exception, not the rule.

You and your team may be under constant pressure to achieve bottom-line results
through continuous improvement strategies, and yet you may instead be coming up
against:
• Resistance to change
• Difficulty sustaining gains
• Reluctance to fund additional projects
• A ‘headless chicken’ mentality and chronic lack of focus

So what can be done?
The crux of the problem is that most CI efforts are not aligned to the strategy of the organization as a whole. Using TLS - i.e. Theory of Constraints in combination with Lean and Six Sigma - solves this problem and unifies your
improvement efforts.

You do not have to fight about which method is better; you simply deploy the tool or
methodology that best fits the problem being addressed. Using the TOC tools to
enable real focus across the whole of the supply chain, internal and external, means
that the Lean and Six Sigma tools then really do have the chance to show what they
can do. Without that level of focus, real and sustainable benefits are hard to come by.

What results can we expect from using TLS?
• Tenfold return on Continuous Improvement (Lean and Six Sigma) projects
• Improvements that benefit the entire organization, not just a single department
• Increased revenue
• More profits, with a better return on investments
• Better Cash Control
• Ability to attack either existing markets or even open up new markets
• Be able to integrate Lean and Six Sigma in a new and more powerful way into,
  and throughout, the whole organisation.

By making the right strategic changes to your continuous improvement strategy, it is
possible to create a unified approach where all the teams within the organisation will
be working on the right issues using the right tools to get the right job done. All the
teams will begin to do what they are supposed to do; facilitate focused, lasting
improvements that improve the position of the company as a whole.

TOC LEAN SIX SIGMA
How can I learn to use TLS?
By attending our 1-Day workshop, which introduces TLS concepts. The emphasis is
on identifying a path forward to accelerate CI team results by adopting the focusing
power of TOC throughout the whole of the supply chain.
In the workshop, attendees will gain a new insight into how to leverage improvement
projects for the most return, learn how to identify which situations fit which tools, how
to create a unified continuous improvement approach and the elements required for a
successful implementation.

TLS601 TLS Specialist Training (Certification)


Workshop overview:
One of the requirements for attending this workshop is for the students to come in with a viable project at hand. During the workshop we will have an opportunity to work on their actual problem as well.

Class Configuration
The best configuration for the attendees is multiples of 5, since most activities and experiments that are designed are designed are for teams with min 5 members. Students will learn not only the theories, but will have an opportunity to apply them hands-on throughout the workshop.

Certification Requirements
Students who pass the final exam with scores better than 70% will be awarded a Specialist course completion certificate Students who have passed the final exam and have a proven evidence of applying the iTLS concepts in order to save their organizations over $100k USD, will be awarded with status of Certified Specialist. All certified students have a control number and will be included in iTLS-ISO Group data base.