About Us

Debra A. Smith, CPA, EMBA, TOCICO certified, a partner with Constraints Management Group, LLC, a services and technology pull‐based solutions provider. Her career spans public accounting (Deloitte); public company financial executive and management accounting professor. She served five years on the Board of Directors of the Theory of Constraints International Certification Organization; Keynote speaker on three continents; coauthor of The Theory of Constraints and Its Implications for Management Accounting, author of The Measurement Nightmare and received the 1993 IMA/PW applied research grant. dsmith@thoughtwarepeople.com

Chad Smith is the co‐author of the third edition of Orlicky’s Material Requirements Planning and the co‐author of Demand Driven Performance –Using Smart Metrics. He is the co‐founder and Managing Partner of Constraints Management Group (CMG) and a founding partner of the Demand Driven Institute. Chad also serves as the Program Director of the International Supply Chain Education Alliance’s Certified Demand Driven Planner (CDDP) Program.
csmith@thoughtwarepeople.com

Constraints Management Group, LLC specializes in implementations of Demand Driven Operating Systems and Supply Chains. Clients past and present include industry leaders Unilever, Boeing, LeTourneau Technologies, Oregon Freeze Dry, Ditch Witch, Raytheon and Alcon. Learn more about our business at: ThoughtwarePeople.com