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TOCICO conference - New Product Development the TOC Way
Theory of Constraints applied to New Products Development
Critical Chain Project Management has been successfully applied to New Product Development for over 25 years now. What are the results, the lessons learnt and the limits?
Dates & Information
TOCICO Innovation summit in Bad Nauheim, Germany
Date: from the 29th of Septembre to the 2nd of October 2024
Hundreds of thousands of New Product Development (NPD) projects have been managed the Critical Chain Way for all kinds of products and services. Mazda uses it. Embraer was awarded the PMI’s Project of the Year Award for breaking records with it. More recently, BAE Systems is in the process of a global roll-out applying it to ships, tanks, and submarines. What are the results? What are the lessons learnt?
This presentation will attempt to summarize what we have learnt these past 27 years.
- How CCPM applies to both individual projects and to project portfolios.
- How it enables reductions in durations of 30% to 60%.
- How, combined with the Theory Of Constraints’ 5 Focusing Steps, it generates increases in productivity of 40% to 80%.
We will restate that one of the keys to success is the reduction of the quantity of Work In Progress and the reduction in multi-tasking. The problems encountered when there are subcontracted operations. How to deal with date constraints (with a subcontractor or with a trade fair). How CCPM fits into a 3-level control pyramid to manage all horizons from long term to daily execution. How one can combine CCPM with other approaches such as Agile, Lean Engineering. How doing NPD projects much faster improves the quality of the product and enables better manufacturability. How the Fever Chart provides incredible visibility and changes the focus of attention to the beginning of projects thereby limiting firefighting.
About Philip Marris
Philip started his Theory Of Constraints journey in 1986 when he joined Creative Output and worked with Eliyahu Goldratt, the founder of TOC and author of the worldwide bestseller “The Goal”. In 1994 he wrote a bestselling TOC textbook in French.
He is also a recognized Lean expert and combines Lean (Manufacturing/Engineering/Management) with TOC. He founded Marris Consulting based in Paris France in 2005.
Half their business is outside of France in Europe and the rest of the world. He is bilingual and bi-cultural French/English. He is very active in the TOC community. He has implemented TOC over 270 times in over 30 countries. His clients include: Air France, ArcelorMittal, Ariane Group, Embraer, GSK, McDonald's, Louis Vuitton, Procter & Gamble, Safran, Salzgitter-Mannesmann, Siemens, SKF, Thales and Zodiac Aerospace.
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About Marris Consulting
Marris Consulting is an industry consulting and training company specialized in the Theory of Constraints (ToC) and Critical Chain Project Management. We focus on improving the performance of manufacturing and process industries by using Constraints Management combined with Lean and Six Sigma. To boost project performance, we also use Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM), which we sometimes combine with Lean Engineering. Our 2-day performance audits, our performance consulting services and our project management, Lean, ToC & CCPM training by our industry consultants offer a wide range of solutions to help our clients around the world reach the highest possible levels of performance.