TGO - Theory of global optimization in a Nutshell TGO is all about the Global view of a Printing company and managing it from the Global view perspective. Not management of a company when important decisions are made from a customer point of view, or a Cost Center point of view or an employee point of view. Instead the decisions are based first of all about what is good for the company. The company has to be profitable.
A manufacturing operation is a chain of interdependent links, and only a few constraints control the throughput, on-time delivery, cost and profitability of the entire printing operation. Remove the constraints, and you increase throughput and profits.
It is all about optimizing the whole manufacturing process not just one or two departments.
Udi Arieli developed TGO for the Printing Industry