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The theory of constraints

2015
The theory of constraints (TOC) originated as a management system that aimed to deliver product on time while holding relatively low levels of inventory. It therefore has some similarities with Just In Time production methods. However, the theory of constraints differs from JIT in two major ways.
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Cultural constraints in management theories

Academy of Management Perspectives, 1993
Executive Overview Management as the word is presently used is an American invention. In other parts of the world not only the practices but the entire concept of management may differ, and the theories needed to understand it, may deviate considerably from what is considered normal and desirable in the USA.
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Constraints on extensions of a default theory

Journal of Computer Science and Technology, 2001
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Theory of constraints and outsourcing decisions

International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management, 2001
A new management philosophy, named the theory of constraints (TOC), has changed thinking about production and operations management. According to this philosophy the particular company's goal is "to make money now and in the future". At the very top level financial analysis, measures like profits, profitability and cash flow could be used to conclude ...
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Constraints on Rational Theory Choice

The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 2017
ABSTRACTIn a recent article, Samir Okasha presented an argument that suggests that there is no rational way to choose among scientific theories.
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Duality theory with a non-linear constraint

Journal of Mathematical Economics, 1997
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An undecidable fragment of the theory of set constraints

Information Processing Letters, 1998
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Theory-guided hard constraint projection (HCP): A knowledge-based data-driven scientific machine learning method

Journal of Computational Physics, 2021
Yuntian Chen, Dou Huang, Dongxiao Zhang   +2 more
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Interval nonlinear initial-valued problem using constraint intervals: Theory and an application to the Sars-Cov-2 outbreak

Information Sciences, 2021
M S Cecconello
exaly  

Theory of Constraints

Controlling, 2002
Roman Stoi, Boris A. Kühnle
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