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Aug

2010

The case AGAINST new Technology – beware at IMTS!

"This is true whether we are talking about new machines, a new ERP system or any other technology. Technology is necessary, but it is not always sufficient to help you make more money. Which is why we have a saying in Theory of Constraints — Technology is necessary but not sufficient. And of course Eliyahu M Goldratt also has a book by the title Necessary But Not Sufficient.

So read on and I will give you 4 questions to ask about any technology purchase your considering."

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Technology can bring benefits, if and only if, it diminishes a limitation.

• This does NOT mean that if technology diminishes a limitation it necessarily brings benefits – only that it can or may bring them.
• Even if the limitation is NOT recognized (you aren’t aware of it), the statement holds true
1. What is the main power of the technology?
2. What limitation does this technology diminish?
3. What rules helped us to accommodate the limitation?
4. What rules should we use now (with this new technology)?