The processes are typically modeled as resource flows, the constraints typically represent limits on flows. He was the author of several business novels and non-fiction works, mainly on the application of the theory of constraints to various manufacturing, engineering, and other business processes. He was the originator of the Optimized Production Technique, the Theory of Constraints (TOC), the Thinking Processes, Drum-Buffer-Rope, Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM) and other TOC derived tools.
Eliyahu Moshe Goldratt (Ma– June 11, 2011) was an Israeli business management guru.