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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 21 – “One-on-One”
“By using AI capabilities they are able to make the robotic arm adjust its reactions to changing conditions in ways that weren’t possible before.” Marc listens to Linda, the team’s software expert on Page 124. In some ways, it sounds like she may be programming a descendant of the NCX-10 from The Goal. Continue reading
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Tagged Artificial Intelligence, Focus, Goldratt, Robotics, Romance, Software, The Goal, Theory of Constraints
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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 20 – “Synchronization” … Thanksgiving Turkey Dinner Operations
This chapter changed my mind about this book, I now recommend it. Chapter 20’s focus on the American holiday of Thanksgiving, which focuses on the preparation of a Turkey, can go down as a more famous Goldratt-ian metaphor than Herbie and his famous scout hike from The Goal (Chapter 13, Chapter 15). Continue reading
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Tagged Cooking, Fryer, Goldratt, Holiday, Holiday Planning, Kitchen, Thanksgiving, The Goal, Theory of Constraints, Turkey, Turkey Fry
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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: A Summary of Part 2 of 3 – Chapters 9 – 19, Pages 47 – 116
Chapters 9 – 12 kick off with Marc Wilson working with his work-crush Abbie to change their approach to project management; telling the team the plan, iterating once they have feedback, and dealing with customer response to the changing methods. … Continue reading
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Tagged Goldratt, Industry, Manufacturing, Section Summary, The Goal, Theory of Constraints, ToC
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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 19 – “Rework and Standardization”
Marc is back in his executive MBA course with Professor Richard Silver. The class discusses many topics, Marc observes that local optimization is a trap – in the same way that Jonah pointed out this issue to Alex Rogo in Chapter 8 of The Goal. The fact that rework is a waste of resources and an indicator of other problems is discussed. Rick introduces the concept of synchronization which is the homework assignment. Continue reading
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Tagged Goldratt, Innovation, The Goal, Theory of Constraints
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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 18 – “Additional Gates”
It’s easy to put on another hat and see Isaac as a terrible boss and father who doesn’t listen to his son / employee while withholding critical information – his untreatable terminal illness and pending sale of the company. Write this story with that angle and it becomes a warning tale about narcissism and other dark triad activity. Continue reading
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Tagged Theory of Constraints, ToC, Goldratt, The Goal, narcissism, dark triad, terminal illness
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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 17 – “Full-kit Before Production”
By having clear checklists and only kicking off projects that have the necessary ingredients for success, Marc sees his department is getting more done and the people appear to be happier. His sister, Sam, running the company’s plant is unhappy and calls to tell him so – because Marc’s team increased throughput is releasing more to her team than she is prepared to handle. Continue reading
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Tagged Goldratt, PMP, Project Management, Projects, The Goal, Theory of Constraints, throughput
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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 16 – “Dosage”
Professor Richard Silver brings in two guests to talk about the concept of ‘dosage’ for projects, which is really the ‘batch size’ or ‘amount of work done’ for a project. One guest worked in aircraft maintenance and the other in corrections – the concept of dosage helped improve the flow of both of their processes. Continue reading
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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 15 – “Enough Weight, Enough Repetitions”
At just two pages, this short chapter is stylistically similar to Chapter 7 from The Goal; Goldratt used several short chapters to advance the story. Continue reading
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Tagged Dating, Goldratt, Theory of Constraints, ToC, Weightlifting, Weights
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Exercises and Drills that Helped me Avoid Hip Replacement Surgery
I’m pain free with improved mobility after a physician told me “you’ll have to get a full artificial hip” in November 2019. With a long scout excursion planned to Philmont this summer I’ve been extending the different exercises I do … Continue reading
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Tagged Hip Replacement, Kettlebell, Knees over toes guy, Mobility, Tom Morrison
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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 14 – “T Minus Preparation”
[If you haven’t read the original version of The Goal – it’s a better book. Here’s a chapter-by-chapter video summary, and a <60 second summary too.] Pages 81 – 86 Marc and Abbie roll out the ‘full-kit’ concept to their … Continue reading
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