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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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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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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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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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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 13 – “Full-kit”
“In every project there is uncertainty, so we know we can’t always predict everything that we may need. But, to maximize the chances that the project won’t suffer from delays, the experts are the ones who should be in charge of full-kitting. This is a much better use of their time than firefighting emergencies caused by missing things.” Continue reading
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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 12 – “Dynamics of Theories and Trends”
[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 67 – 70 On a Friday evening a few weeks later, Abbie tells … Continue reading
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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 11 – “The Misconception About Starting Early”
[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 61 – 66 Isaac, Marc’s father, hears from a customer that the company’s … Continue reading
Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 10 – “The Multitasking Game”
[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 55 – 60 After deciding to move forward in Chapter 9, Marc and … Continue reading
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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 9 – “Will it work?”
[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 47 – 55 Marc visits with Abbie about cutting the WIP – freezing … Continue reading
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