I am a TOC consultant. I teach and implement TOC. I have been studying and trying TOC over a decade.

I am an ardent fan of ToC. For past few years, reading about TOC has moved me from “I am impressed” to “I like it” to “I want to know more…”. I did not realize when it became a passion for me. Now, I eat, sleep, walk and breath TOC.

By sheer accident, I came across the famous book “The Goal” and that changed my life. I went on reading Goldratt’s next book “Its not luck” and thereafter I read all his books. Fortunately, Internet is a great source of information and it opened up the wealth of knowledge for me.

As I did more and more research on TOC, I felt the need for crystallizing and documenting the knowledge that I gained. I created my own training material and conducted a two-day workshop on TOC in my company. Thanks to Internet, I kept on enriching my Training material.

Apart from my own consulting, I had the opportunity to work on a large TOC implementation called "Viable Vision". The project was implemented by Goldratt Consulting.

As a part of the project, I had undergone training from various experts from Goldratt Schools such as Oded Cohen, Mickey Granot, Philip Wiljoen, Eli Schragenheim, Humberto Baptista, Kiran Kothekar and Martin Powell.

Apart from the training and on the job experience, study of Goldratt’s webcast, Strategy & Tactics Trees, TOC Insights, TOC Simulators (GSIM, MICSS, PM SIM, and Distribution), TOC Games and TOC SLPs have helped me to enrich his TOC related knowledge.

My passion for learning, experimenting, sharing knowledge and achieving results continues...

Sou Consultor de Gestão na area da ToC e Operações, sou Auditor e Formador. Fui Diretor de Operações na Indústria Alimentar cerca de 25 anos, com experiência nas áreas da Produção, Qualidade, Ambiente e Higiene & Segurança, Manutenção, Compras e Logística/Supply Chain. Tenho 7 anos de experiência na Indústria Automóvel num dos fornecedores principais de OEM.

Sou um praticante da ToC(Theory of Constraints - Teoria das Restrições) desde 2003 e membro certificado da TOCICO. Tal como muitas outras pessoas encontrei acidentalmente o livro de Eli Goldratt "A Meta" e esta foi a obra que até hoje mais me impressionou em termos de negócios. Considero a ToC como a "rainha" das metodologias de gestão e melhoria organizacional e aquela mais radical e disruptiva na sua abordagem.

Sou Autor de oito livros sobre a ToC nas áreas Geral, de Operações(Produção), de Distribuição, de Projetos e de Apoio à Decisão.

Tenho também conhecimentos de Lean Manufacturing (antes TPS) e de 6Sigma (antes TQM) e nos últimos anos tenho integrado e aplicado estas melhores metodologias numa abordagem TLS (ToC, Lean, Sigma) que penso ser a melhor forma de atacar e resolver os problemas das organizações. Tenho experiência de ensino nestas áreas desde 2007 e esta abordagem interessa-me em vários tipos de indústrias e serviços.

A minha formação base é em Engenharia Química (IST) tenho um MBA em Gestão Geral e um Mestrado em Gestão (NOVA SBE).

Sou Português nascido em Africa, em Moçambique e vivi em Angola antes da minha família se mudar para Portugal.

LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/loumat/

I'm a Business Consultant on ToC and Operations, Auditor and Coach. I was Operations Director in Food & Beverage Industry, with more than 25 years of experience in F&B and has been working in Production, Quality & Environmental Management, Health & Safety, Maintenance, Purchasing and Logistics. I have 7 years of experience in Auto Industry in a 1st tier OEM Supplier.

I am a TOC(Theory Of Constraints) praticioner since 2003 and actualy a certified member of TOCICO. As many other people I find Eli Goldratt's book "The Goal" by chance and this was the business book that impress me the most. I consider TOC as the "Queen" of management and improvement methodologies in organizations and the most radical and disruptive in it's aproach.

I'm an Author of eight books on ToC in General Areas, Operations (Production), Distribution, Projects, and Decision Support.

I have also knowledge of Lean Manufacturing (previously TPS) and 6 Sigma(previously TQM) and in the last years I have tried to integrate and applied these best methods in a TLS (TOC, Lean, Sigma) approach which I think is the best way to attack and solve organizational problems. I have teaching experience since 2007 in these areas, and special interest in continuous improvement practices in various types of industries and services.

My background is Chemical Engineering (IST) with an MBA in General Management and a Masters Degree in Management (NOVA SBE).

I am Portuguese born in Africa, Moçambique and lived also in Angola, before my family moved to Portugal.