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Global Fluids and Volumes

Posted on June 18, 2019 by flybrand1976

How much water is on Earth? How much beer? How much human blood? Continue reading →

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8 Tools to Improve Communication

Posted on February 10, 2019 by flybrand1976

Communicating across cultures can be hard – these 8 simple tools make it easier. Continue reading →

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Cultural Communication Constraints

Posted on February 9, 2019 by flybrand1976

Last week I spoke with a graduate school candidate about my experience working globally and specifically about ways to improve communication.  There are some common constraints when meeting new colleagues that challenge communication.  This applies to anywhere in the world … Continue reading →

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The Most Popular Guides to Goldratt’s The Goal

Posted on November 26, 2018 by flybrand1976

“Whenever people are not doing the obvious – it is my job to find the missing piece of the puzzle.  Something is missing.  What is it?” Continue reading →

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Goldratt’s Major Concepts in The Goal: The Foundations of Theory of Constraints

Posted on October 22, 2018 by flybrand1976

The major concepts that Goldratt places in Rogo’s hand to explain and solve problems are; Goals, Constraint, Dependence, Fluctuations, Metrics, Batch Size, Throughput Accounting, Priority and Local Optima (a trap to be avoided).   Continue reading →

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Goldratt’s The Goal: Chapter by Chapter Review

Posted on October 15, 2018 by flybrand1976

[Other Options – Major Concepts in The Goal, or The Most Popular Guides to The Goal] Written in 1984, The Goal lays out Eliyahu Goldratt’s Theory of Constraints (“ToC”) in the format of a novel.  ToC was first used into improve production … Continue reading →

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The Goal: Based on Teamwork & Data

Posted on October 8, 2018 by flybrand1976

Goldratt takes several approaches to showing how Constraints impact a plant and even personal lives. Several approaches are used to educate the reader; Jonah serves as a mentor to Alex Rogo, educating him on what is going on. Rogo adopts … Continue reading →

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The Goal – Chapter 40 – Culture and Constraints

Posted on October 5, 2018 by flybrand1976

[Dig deeper with the full Chapter-by-Chapter Review of The Goal.][Watch a video that covers Chapter 40.] Like Chapter 39, I find this final chapter unsatisfying. It must have been hard for Goldratt to bring the book to a close.  The … Continue reading →

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The Goal – Chapter 39 – Planning

Posted on October 4, 2018 by flybrand1976

[The fastest way to read The Goal, and the absolute fastest way to learn The Theory of Constraints.][Watch a video summary of Chapter 39.] The plant is having hiccups.  Rogo is no longer the plant manager and has to help at … Continue reading →

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The Goal – Chapter 38 – Marginal Profits and Change

Posted on October 4, 2018 by flybrand1976

[Visit the full Chapter by Chapter Summary!] Rogo hits on two fundamental truths while working with marketing to achieve his growth goals; 1/ marginal profitability should guide plant economics, and 2/ change is often driven by those outside of a … Continue reading →

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