http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/cmsig/ CMSIG Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:53:25 GMT Spyros Bonatsos http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/cmsig/message/1515 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/cmsig/message/1515 Hi Adail, I do not doupt that TOC gives a new meaning to things. I just wonder how do you measure a sub - system a warehouse for example or the purchasing Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:51:04 GMT Adail Retamal http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/cmsig/message/1514 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/cmsig/message/1514 Hi, Spyros! I worked in wholesale and distribution some 8 years ago. As a Software Engineer, I was in charge of developing a simulator for the price list and Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:34:30 GMT Spyros Bonatsos http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/cmsig/message/1513 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/cmsig/message/1513 Clarke, Thanks for the reply. I do not know if I have understood your answer 100% but let me try - distribution fleet is a system - as a system it must be Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:48:57 GMT Clarke Ching http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/cmsig/message/1512 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/cmsig/message/1512 Spyros, If you did have a volume or weight measurement, rather than money, then can you put yourself in the shoes of someone measured that way who is under Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:26:48 GMT Spyros Bonatsos http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/cmsig/message/1511 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/cmsig/message/1511 Hello everybody, In TOC world three measurements are accepted: Throughput, Inventory (or Investment) and Operating expense. Throughput it is the rate at which Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:24:59 GMT Clarke Ching http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/cmsig/message/1510 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/cmsig/message/1510 That's interest Claire. I never thought of the cash flow approach. Makes sense now that more people are concerned about the cost of fuel than before. My Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:13:56 GMT Clare Maday http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/cmsig/message/1509 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/cmsig/message/1509 Clarke, I believe there are two issues here. The appropriate measure; gallons of gas or money. I prefer the cash flow approach. The second issue is tweaking. I Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:24:49 GMT Pauker, Stephen http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/cmsig/message/1508 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/cmsig/message/1508 But given my focus on health etc, I wonder if the example can be adapted to applying resouces to increasing thruput with a fixed bed/nurse complement, ie, Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:16:34 GMT Clarke Ching http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/cmsig/message/1507 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/cmsig/message/1507 I think you're right. I feel foolish, in retrospect :) ... -- Clarke Ching www.clarkeching.com +44(0)7920114893 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:37:39 GMT Pauker, Stephen http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/cmsig/message/1506 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/cmsig/message/1506 is the spin not finding the right measurement--- not mpg but just g?? If you have the wrong measurement, you get the wrong result! Steve Stephen G. Pauker, MD, Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:36:44 GMT Clarke Ching http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/cmsig/message/1505 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/cmsig/message/1505 Hi everyone, I think you'll all enjoy this. I'm trying to put a TOC spin on it ... but maybe I am over-reaching. The magic of low-hanging fruit Imagine that Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:53:32 GMT Fred Wiersma http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/cmsig/message/1504 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/cmsig/message/1504 Jack, It's only a conflict FOR YOU if you can't support both groups in your working hours (say, 40h/week). If so, talk to your manager, and/or the first person Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:24:29 GMT Richard E. Zultner http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/cmsig/message/1503 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/cmsig/message/1503 I see no conflict between selling existing products and developing new products. I see no conflict between expanding sales of existing products and developing Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:41:07 GMT Clarke Ching http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/cmsig/message/1502 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/cmsig/message/1502 Can you do both, Jack? ... -- Clarke Ching www.clarkeching.com +44(0)7920114893 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:56:05 GMT Jack Vinson http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/cmsig/message/1501 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/cmsig/message/1501 Thanks everyone. All valid feedback. I know that the cloud was rather wet. I'm in the midst of these discussions, and I wanted input from someone who wasn't