A constraint is a limitation or a restriction that poses a threat to the performance and efficiency of a system. This paper presented a tactical review approach to production constraints modeling. It discussed the theory of constraints (TOC) as a thinking process and continuous improvement strategy to curtail constraints in other to constantly increase the performance and efficiency of a system...

Purpose Drawing on the theoretical concept of organisational fit, this paper questions relevance employees' participation in link between continuous improvement (CI) and operational performance. The literature has long emphasised that to be successful, CI implementation needs rely involvement as soon its inception. This argues approach is not generalisable. Design/methodology/approach Based a d...