Constraint Management
Transform your organization’s performance by identifying and actively managing the few critical bottlenecks that limit results. This course on constraint management shows you how to pinpoint constraints, quantify their financial impact, and apply targeted actions that optimize profitability. Learn where constraints typically arise, how constraint analysis differs from traditional cost accounting, and how to design measurement, reporting, and control systems that align with throughput objectives. Build robust financial models around constrained resources and develop practical, constraint-based strategies that drive higher earnings. Enroll to gain a disciplined, profit-focused framework for unlocking sustainable performance improvements across your business.
Format
PDF Course
Course Lists
Duration
11 Hours
Course Information
Author: Steven Bragg
Course Number: PR1002
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Overview of Constraint Management
Chapter 2. Production Basis of Constraint Management
Chapter 3. Constraints in Other Departments
Chapter 4. Comparison to Traditional Cost Analysis
Chapter 5. Comparison to Accounting Frameworks
Chapter 6. Constraint and Throughput Measurement
Chapter 7. Constraint and Throughput Reporting
Chapter 8. Constraint Controls
Chapter 9. Constraint-Based Budgeting
Chapter 10. The Ideal Constraint Management Environment
Chapter 11. Financial Analysis Issues
Chapter 12. Constraint-Based Pricing
Chapter 13. Constraint Management Decisions
Chapter 14. Constraint-Based Strategy
Learning Objectives
- Identify the negative issues related to local optimization, as well as the basic concepts of constraint management.
- Recognize situations in which local optimization is being employed.
- Cite the indicators of a constraint, as well as the means by which a constraint can be managed.
- Recognize the existence of constraints in areas other than production, as well as the constraint issues involved in project management.
- Specify the circumstances under which the use of increased resources in the sales area will not increase sales.
- State the negative effects of cost reduction efforts, the use of gross margins, and the mis-application of direct labor costs.
- Identify the cost assignments required by the major accounting frameworks.
- Cite the types of measurements that can be effective in managing a constraint and throughput.
- Identify the components of the various cost object analyses.
- State the reasons for using constraint controls, and note the best types of controls.
- Specify the project types used in capital budgeting, as well as the problems with the traditional methods used to derive a budget.
- Cite the circumstances under which a constraint management environment is most likely to succeed.
- Identify the key elements of a financial analysis that can improve the results of a business.
- Recognize the types of pricing methodologies, and how constraint-based pricing can be used to identify the most favorable pricing opportunity.
- Specify the criteria used to determine which investments and other constraint-based decisions to make.
- Recognize the strategies that will be most effective under certain competitive situations.
- Cite the circumstances under which constraint management is more likely to succeed.
Level: Overview
Instructional Method: QAS Self-Study
NASBA Category: Production
Prerequisites: None
Advance Preparation: None
Latest Review Date: February 2026
Program Registration Requirements: Click on the Enroll button to pay for and access the course. You will then be able to download the course as a PDF file, then take an on-line examination, and then download a certificate of completion if you pass the examination.
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