production constraints modelling: a tactical review approach

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. it also x-rayed the working process of implementing the toc concept which consists of five steps called ―process of on-going improvement‖. furthermore, it talked about constraints programming and constraints-based models which were explained to some details. finally, production constraints model formulation procedures for linear programming and non-linear programming scenarios were extensively discussed with reference to published literature as instances of production constraints modeling were also cited.