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…

cristovl@netcabo.pt

Sou Diretor de Operações na Indústria Alimentar e tenho mais de 20 anos de experiência nesta Indústria, tendo trabalhado nas áreas da Produção, Gestão da Qualidade, Ambiente e Higiene & Segurança, Manutenção, Compras e Logística. Tenho 7 anos de experiência na Indústria Automóvel num dos fornecedores principais de OEM.

Sou um praticante ToC desde 2003 e atualmente membro da TOCICO com a certificação base (FE). Tal como muitas outras pessoas encontrei acidentalmente o livro de Eli Goldratt "A Meta" numa livraria e esta foi a obra que até hoje mais me impressionou em termos de negócios. A partir daqui e através da Internet descobri o grupo APICS cmsig, um dos primeiros a discutir e desenvolver esta metodologia, fui tomando conhecimento da ToC e dos seus principais intervenientes. Conheço a maioria deles embora praticamente nenhum pessoalmente e a influência da ToC na minha maneira de pensar foi profunda. Considero a ToC como a "rainha" das metodologias de melhoria organizacional e aquela mais radical na sua abordagem.

Tenho também conhecimentos e respeito por outras metodologias como o Lean Manufacturing (antes TPS) e o 6Sigma (antes TQM) e nos últimos anos tenho tentado integrar e aplicar 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 tenho um MBA em Gestão Geral e um Mestrado em Gestão.

Sou Português nascido em Africa, em Moçambique e que viveu também em Angola antes da sua família se mudar para Portugal.

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I'm an Operations Director in Food & Beverage Industry, with more than 20 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 praticioner since 2003 and actualy a member of TOCICO, with basic certification (FE). As many other people I find Eli Goldratt's book "The Goal" by chance in a library and this was the business book that impress me the most. From here and through the Internet I found APICS cmsig group, one of the first to discuss and develop this methodology, and I became aware of TOC and it's main players. I know most of them but almost none personally, and TOC had influence me and the way I think profoundly. I consider TOC as the "Queen" of improvement methodologies in organizations and the most radical in it's aproach.

I have also knowledge and respect for other methodologies like Lean Manufacturing (previously TPS) and 6Sigma(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 with an MBA in General Management and a Masters Degree in Management.

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