Meaning
Need of thinking process
Tools used in thinking process
Thinking process used in product designing
The thinking process was oriented by DR.ELIYAHU
GOLDRATT TOM.
It is a mechanism that allows us to verbalize, construct,
analyze, and communicate cause and effect relationships to
propose feasible solutions to the problems.
Thinking process is needed to stop the failure of
organizations, by giving the answer of:
WHAT TO CHANGE?
WHAT TO CHANGE TO?
HOW TO MAKE CHANGE?
There are seven tools used in thinking process.
These are:
Current reality tree
Evaporating Cloud
Core Conflict Cloud
Future Reality Tree
Negative Branch Reservations
Prerequisite Tree
Transition Tree
A Current Reality Tree (CRT) is a way of analyzing
many system or organizational problems at once. By
identifying root causes common to most or all of the
problems, the CRT can greatly aid focused
improvement of the system.
UDE 1 UDE 2 UDE 3
Engine will A.C.is not Car radio
not start working sounds
unclear
Engine need
Fuel is not Air is not able The speakers
fuel in order to
getting to engine to circulate are blocked
run
There is The air The
water in intake is speakers
fuel line full of water are under
water
The car is in
swimming
pool
The handbrake stops the car
from rolling into swimming The handbrake is
pool faulty
A future reality tree allow us to test the future outcome, using
known cause and effect to check that what we want is what
we will get.
The Future Reality Tree is the validation that a collection of
injections will turn all of the UDE’s into DE’s
The car engine Air conditioner
starts &run radio sounds normal
works (Desirable (Desirable
(Desirable
outcome) outcome ) outcome )
Engine Fuel get’s to the Air is available to The speakers are
needs fuel car engine circulate functioning well
to run (Desirable effect ) (Desirable effect ) (Desirable effect )
The fuel line is Air tank is clear The speakers are not
clear (Desirable effect ) under water
(Desirable (Desirable effect )
effect)
Car does not fall
into swimming
The hand break pool Repair the hand
stops the car to break
(Natural effect )
rolling into (Injection 1)
swimming pool
The Evaporating Cloud is used to address the question
What to Change to….
The Evaporating Cloud is suited to finding a solution to conflict
between two parties or two points of view. The method requires the
participants to find 'win-win' solutions because it emphasizes that
both parties are trying to reach the same ultimate goal.
REQUIRMENT PREREQUISITE
B (reduce set up
D (run large batches)
cost per unit)
OBJECTIVE
A(reduce cost CONFLICT
per unit)
C (reduce carrying D (run small batches)
cost per unit)
B SOME D
CONFLICT(Not
A enough D)
C SOME MORE D
Core conflict cloud is looking for deeper conflicts that create
the undesirable effects.
It does this by combining the positive aspects of both tools;
Current realty tree – shows the core problem as the
source of many undesirable effects.
Cloud – shows the core problem is not the product of any
one person.
Delay in giving order
(Undesirable effect)
Buy in large Buy in small
quantity quantity
(prerequisite A) (Prerequisite B)
Obtain lower Obtain bulk Reduce storage Reduce
cost purchase discount cost interest on
shipping (REQUIRMENT A) (REQUIRMENT B) inventory
(Assumption) (Assumption)
By Low material By
researching cost researching
EOQ (OBJECTIVE) EOQ
(Assumption) (Assumption)
A negative branch reservation is a cause and effect analysis
that proves how one entity leads to a negative outcome.
In the language of the Thinking Processes, a Reservation
exists that if we act on an injection in the
Future Reality tree, there will result a Branch that leads
to an undesirable, Negative result. Hence it is called the
"Negative Branch Reservation" or NBR.
It is the tree that allows us to overcome the obstacles that
stop us from implementing our plan.
No well-defined PM No well-defined ES
Body of Knowledge Architecture
It shows know where we stand.
We can identified the core problem.
We found an injection (one or more) that produces the
desired effects.
We found the milestones of the journey--the intermediate
objectives (IO’s).
The question now is What specific actions must we take?
Completion of recapitalization of company
(IO)
Write off all losses Getting sufficient amount to write off
(Initiator's action) losses (RESULT)
Transfer reserves &saving Saving in share capital
into capital reduction a\c employed
(Initiator's action) (RESULT)
Proposal approved in 25000 equity shares of Rs.10 Each
AGM converted into20000 fully paid eq.
(RESULT) shares of Rs.10 each
(Current position)
Present reconstruction Internal re 25000 equity shares of
scheme in AGM construction Rs.10 each
(Initiator's action) (Need) (Current position)
Type of Integration The Role of TP Tool used
Product Mode
New Product Series What to Change?
What to Change
To? FTPA
How to make
Change?
Upgraded Product Parallel What to Change? CRT
FRT
How to make PRT
Change? TT
Customized Feed Back How to make FRT
Product Change? PRT
TT
