System Dynamics and TOC

[Chae Kwan Jung c.k.jung gmail.co]

Posted by Chae Kwan Jung <c.k.jung@gmail.com>
Dear all,

This is my first time to post a message to all the list members,
however reading those of others has been most helpful and I have
really learned so much.

I read several books by Eli Goldratt (The Goal, Theory of Constraints,
etc.) and I have realised that there were certain similarities between
SD and TOC. Does anyone come across this issue at all? Any comment
would be appreciated.

Best regards,
Chae Kwan Jung
Posted by Chae Kwan Jung <c.k.jung@gmail.com>
posting date Sun, 8 May 2005 23:43:57 +0100

[Arun Elias Arun.Elias vuw.ac.nz]

Posted by ""Arun Elias"" <Arun.Elias@vuw.ac.nz>
Hi Chae,

The following three articles might be of interest to you.

(i) One of our colleagues, Vicky Mabin, here at the Victoria University
of Wellington, presented a paper at the Oxford conference: 'The Theory
of Constraints and System Dynamics: A Suitable Case for Multimethodology'
by Vicky Mabin, John Davies and James Cox.

(ii) In the Wellington conference in 1999, she presented another paper:
Goldratt's ""Theory of Constraints"" Thinking Process: A Systems Methodology
Linking Soft and Hard"".
(iii) Steven Baldrestone, Vicky's student, also presented a paper in the
Wellington conference on TOC: ""Increasing User Confidence in System Dynamics
Models through use of an Established Set of Logic Rules to Enhance Forrester
and Senge's Validation Tests"".

Regards,
Arun

Arun Abraham Elias
Lecturer
Victoria Management School
931 Rutherford House
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
Email: Arun.Elias@vuw.ac.nz
URL: www.vms.vuw.ac.nz


Posted by ""Arun Elias"" <Arun.Elias@vuw.ac.nz>
posting date Tue, 10 May 2005 09:52:25 +1200

[Malczynski Leonard A lamalcz san]

Posted by ""Malczynski, Leonard A"" <lamalcz@sandia.gov>
Chae Kwan Jung
Here is a paper citation. Please send me an email and I can forward you
the paper.
Regards,
Len

VALIDATING A MANUFACTURING PARADIGM: A SYSTEM DYNAMICS MODELING APPROACH
Richard A. Reid
Elsa L. Koljonen
Anderson School of Management
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131, U.S.A.

Proceedings of the 1999 Winter Simulation Conference
P. A. Farrington, H. B. Nembhard, D. T. Sturrock, and G. W. Evans, eds.

ABSTRACT
Logic tools from the Theory of Constraints (TOC) provide
the ability to descriptively characterize the entity
relationships responsible for a typical, although somewhat
chaotic, manufacturing environment. Basically through
one-to-one mappings, System Dynamics (SD) models are
created from the TOC logic diagrams. Insights gained
from exercising the SD models are used to establish a new
managerial conceptual framework. This structure guides
managers through the continuous improvement process
relative to addressing either a physical, policy, or paradigm
constraint in their production system.

Posted by ""Malczynski, Leonard A"" <lamalcz@sandia.gov>
posting date Mon, 9 May 2005 09:20:17 -0600