Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Θεωρία Περιορισμών (TOC)	Six Sigma DMAIC	Value Stream Mapping (VSM)
Πεδίο	Διοίκηση Ποιότητας	Διοίκηση Ποιότητας	Διοίκηση Ποιότητας
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	1990	2014	1999
Δημιουργός	Eliyahu Goldratt	Motorola; Pyzdek & Keller	Mike Rother & John Shook
Τύπος	Continuous improvement framework	Structured process improvement methodology	Visual process analysis tool
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Goldratt, E. M. (1990). Theory of Constraints. North River Press. ISBN: 978-0-88427-166-6	Pyzdek, T., & Keller, P. (2014). The Six Sigma Handbook (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill. ISBN: 978-0-07-184053-9	Rother, M., & Shook, J. (1999). Learning to See: Value Stream Mapping to Add Value and Eliminate Muda. Lean Enterprise Institute. ISBN: 978-0-9667843-0-5
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	TOC, Constraint Management, Bottleneck Theory, Kısıtlar Teorisi	DMAIC Framework, Six Sigma Process Improvement Cycle, Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control, Altı Sigma DMAIC	VSM, Material and Information Flow Mapping, Lean Flow Mapping, Değer Akış Haritalama
Συναφείς	3	3	3
Σύνοψη	The Theory of Constraints (TOC) is a management philosophy and continuous improvement framework introduced by Eliyahu Goldratt in his 1984 novel The Goal and formalized in his 1990 book. TOC holds that every system has at least one constraint — a bottleneck that limits the system's overall throughput — and that systematically identifying and addressing that constraint is the most effective lever for improving performance. It is widely applied in manufacturing, project management, supply chains, and service operations.	Six Sigma DMAIC is a data-driven, five-phase process improvement methodology — Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control — used to reduce defects and process variation to fewer than 3.4 defects per million opportunities. Originating at Motorola in the 1980s and systematized by practitioners including Pyzdek and Keller, it is widely adopted in manufacturing, healthcare, finance, and service industries seeking sustained quality gains.	Value Stream Mapping (VSM) is a lean management technique used to visualize, analyze, and improve the flow of materials and information required to bring a product or service from raw input to customer delivery. Introduced by Mike Rother and John Shook in their 1999 workbook Learning to See, VSM draws on the Toyota Production System tradition to expose waste, delays, and non-value-adding activities across the entire production value stream.