Goldratt UK is a management consultancy specialising in the practical application of the Theory of Constraints (TOC) to improve flow and capacity in Operations and Project environments.

The team have over 25 years’ experience implementing TOC and CCPM within client organisations to deliver rapid results which stand the test of time. A key element of the Goldratt UK solution is sustainability. Their CCPM experts will work with your in-house team to coach and mentor your people in the tools and techniques so that your business can flourish long after an implementation comes to its end.

Goldratt UK’s 10 Rules of Flow

Born from Critical Chain Project Management, there are now Goldratt UK’s 10 Rules of Flow.

Inspired by Dr. Efrat Goldratt-Ashlag’s business book ‘Goldratt’s Rules of Flow’, Goldratt UK have developed their own. A set of 10 Rules of Flow for Project Management, and a similar set for Manufacturing.

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Eli Goldratt was a physicist, management consultant and author, best known for his development of the Theory of Constraints (TOC) – a successful business management philosophy. Many university reading lists still feature his business bestseller ‘The Goal’ and it is highly recommended by business leaders; ‘The Goal’ has been endorsed by Jeff Bezos, Times Magazine, and Forbes.

In the late 1980s / early 1990s, Goldratt and his colleagues began applying TOC concepts to project management environments, and thus Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM) was developed. With a focus on resource utilisation, the key to CCPM is in identifying the ‘critical chain’ – the longest chain of dependent tasks – and managing project buffers to protect against inherent uncertainty and variability.

Goldratt documented his ideas in his book ‘Critical Chain’, published in 1997. He presents important principles in a novel format – like in ‘The Goal’ – which allows readers to digest sometimes complicated concepts in an easy (and enjoyable) way.

Hear Eli speak on some of the common complaints within project management in this 4-minute video.

When Eli sadly passed away in 2011, his legacy was continued through his work and his children. Dr. Efrat Goldratt-Ashlag, his daughter, published her book ‘Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: The Principles of The Goal Applied to Projects’ in 2022.

A fantastic introduction to those new to CCPM. Efrat has taken the understandings of 25-years’ worth of Critical Chain implementations and articulated it clearly and concisely in her new book, hitting all the crucial points to improve the rate of project delivery.

‘Goldratt’s Rules of Flow’ does a good job of tackling some of the obstacles around implementation. Throughout the book Efrat emphasises the role of people’s behaviours in the success of implementations highlighting the importance of effective measures.

Allow Efrat to tell her own story in this 28-minute video.

Includes an interesting case study of Full Kitting applied in the US Airforce at 22:00 (8 mins). 

18 F35s were grounded due to an acute shortage of parts.

They implemented the Rules of Flow… Within approximately one month, the group cleared 11 hangar queen aircraft grounded for a combined total of 2,246 days for an assortment of issues.

They cleared their longest grounded aircraft which had been down for 960 days (2.6 years!) alongside another aircraft which had been grounded for 514 days. Both aircraft were cleared for flying.