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What readers say about Oded’s book Ever Improve:

Ever Improve is the culmination of over 20 years work by Oded Cohen, who has devoted his life to the enhancement and motivation of people from many, many countries and with a great range of personal needs arising from their life difficulties and their business needs. I have deep personal experience of his influence in both contexts; to the extent that use of the thinking from the Theory of Constraints and Oded’s common sense and fresh interpretations of challenges have become part of my own credo.

I am indebted to him beyond gratitude and hope that many will begin their journey through his teachings with this valuable book.

Tony Doughty, Jonah, Chairman and Owner, Premier Percussion Ltd, UK

It is with great honor that I am able to write my experience about the U-shape MTO implementation presented in Ever Improve. I had learnt the U-shape MTO injections from the Goldratt Schools Application Expert Program. It is not just another methodology on paper. We have implemented the injections in one factory which maintains 100% Due Date Performance over 600 days consecutively. It is terrific! I have found that the tightly integrated injections are fully harmonized in a logical sequence to create desirable effects and effective performance measurements.

Henry Soo, Managing Director, DataDevelop Consulting Ltd, Hong Kong 

I got the book Ever Improve two months ago. It’s for sure the best book written on MTO. This systematic approach to improve the system has yielded us impressive results, using it together with the S&T (RRR) in order to keep the synchronization within all company areas. The U-Shape is a very strong method to present knowledge to the people who are in charge to do what needs to be done, and more important, to stop doing the wrong things that harm improvement. Implementing injection by injection has focused us and has accelerated the process.

Juan Esteban Xibille, Director de Operaciones, Creatum S.A, Colombia

In many industries short lead time and due date performance (DDP) is the name of the game. If you are working in a Make to Order environment, you need to ask the questions: Do you measure the DDP? Do you perform well? If not, do you know how to manage systematically? With Oded’s guidance, Intem implemented the MTO solution. We almost doubled our profit in 2009, while the market was going down by 25 percent. Thank you, Oded, for your guidance and your valuable book.

Erhan Eyüboğlu, Managing Director, Intem, Istanbul, Turkey

Since October 2009, we have launched a new model of production scheduling and planning. It was developed strictly by following the rules established in the book Ever Improve. The results we have got in improving DDP are simply outstanding. The improvement in DDP has been from 80% to 98% on some production lines, and on others from 60% to 96%. Our lead time has reduced considerably.

After this implementation, the work of the production department has been entirely different. We work with less stress. Some clients have even thanked us for being more reliable in DDP. Our WIP went down to levels we had never expected. Our bottom line has improved.

I want to thank you, Oded, for your book – it is a very clear guideline for implementing the TOC production solution in a Make to Order environment.

Fabián Vargas, Plant Manager, Finotex S.A., Colombia

I read Ever Improve four times in two weeks. Full, of vital knowledge in a clear and easily read style, and which is not taught or available in such a package anywhere else today. Essential reading and reference for anyone serious about using TOC profitably – inspirational and captivating.

Oded has taken his profound and deep knowledge of every aspect of TOC, gained through practice and teaching over 30 years, and communicated it using a straight-forward, direct style; where others in his position might have been more interested in promoting themselves. Oded has done what he has practiced and written a book that teaches, capturing for history what might have been lost and what is needed to support the ongoing generation and dissemination of TOC knowledge. This book is vital information for future practitioners.

Oded has created innovative graphics that actually fit and help to explain the text. The new U pivot diagram of the TOC Thinking Processes, the documentation combined with diagrams that explain the current reality of the VAT plants types (first defined in 1984) and the linking to a diagram of the Injections – which make up the Make to Order TOC process of improvement to the buffer management zones – is absolutely brilliant.

John Tripp, Goldratt-TOC, Scotland (UK)