Synchronous Solutions is not accurately described by any one label such as consultant, coach, trainer, or software provider.
A busy shop can produce more pieces while the company generates less cash and less profit.
Financial statements report results; Throughput Accounting helps managers understand how operating decisions create those results.
An ERP can store and move information, but technology cannot decide which operating rules should govern the business.
Lean and Synchronous Flow share important aims, but they begin with different organizing questions.
A department can improve its own metric while making the overall business less profitable and less reliable.
Production scheduling cannot stabilize a business when the functions surrounding production continue to send conflicting signals.
Synchronous Flow turns the economic goal of a fabrication business into operating rules the team can use every day.