(NOVACES: New Orleans) -- In the evolution of process improvement methodologies, the Velocity World Conference held in April 2008 at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut, marked a milestone to move beyond process improvement to continuous system improvement (CSI). The event focused on the integration of theory of constraints (TOC), and lean and Six Sigma (LSS). It was the continuation of past successful global conferences on TOC that have been presented since 1990 by AGI, the Avraham Y. Goldratt Institute.

Experts answered questions from the audience on the integration of TOC and LSS. Since 2005, NOVACES and Dynamics Research Corp. have teamed with AGI to develop a breakthrough approach to continuous and sustained organizational improvement by combining the synergistic parts of TOC, lean, and Six Sigma methodologies. During three days of intensive sessions and workshops attended by a packed audience, experts shared the details of their approach to both TOC-LSS integration and CSI. To illustrate the power of implementations in government, the advanced methods were illustrated by case studies from successful projects completed by the U.S. Department of the Navy’s Naval Aviation Enterprise, including Marine Corps Aviation, to dramatically improve their global maintenance, logistics, and supply system.

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