{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Lean Enterprise Institute","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.lean.org","author_name":"Lory Moniz","author_url":"https:\/\/www.lean.org\/the-lean-post\/articles\/author\/lmoniz\/","title":"What is the Theory of Constraints, and How Does it Compare to Lean Thinking? - Lean Enterprise Institute","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"yb0IqB7q5L\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lean.org\/the-lean-post\/articles\/what-is-the-theory-of-constraints-and-how-does-it-compare-to-lean-thinking\/\">What is the Theory of Constraints, and How Does it Compare to Lean Thinking?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lean.org\/the-lean-post\/articles\/what-is-the-theory-of-constraints-and-how-does-it-compare-to-lean-thinking\/embed\/#?secret=yb0IqB7q5L\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;What is the Theory of Constraints, and How Does it Compare to Lean Thinking?&#8221; &#8212; Lean Enterprise Institute\" data-secret=\"yb0IqB7q5L\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.lean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/Lean-Post-Hero-Feature-Image-template.jpg","thumbnail_width":1536,"thumbnail_height":562,"description":"The following article reviews the Theory of Constraints (TOC), first published in The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox in 1984, and compares it with Lean Thinking, as described by James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones in Lean Thinking in 1996. What is the Theory of Constraints? The Theory of Constraints is [&hellip;]"}