Tag Archives: Goldratt

The Goal Best Summary

Posted on June 25, 2019 by

Alex fixes his troubled plant with the help of his mentor, Jonah, who uses the Socratic method to explain a problem solving system.  The method they use is the Theory of Constraints that was created by the author – Eliyahu … Continue reading →

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The Most Popular Guides to Goldratt’s The Goal

Posted on November 26, 2018 by

“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

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

[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

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

Dig deeper with the full Chapter-by-Chapter Review of The Goal. Like Chapter 39, I find this final chapter unsatisfying. It must have been hard for Goldratt to bring the book to a close.  The character and plot arcs through the … Continue reading →

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The Goal – Chapter 39 – Planning

Posted on October 4, 2018 by

The plant is having hiccups.  Rogo is no longer the plant manager and has to help at a higher level.  This chapter lacks the ‘aha’ moments that have driven the cadence of the book until now. It seems our author, … Continue reading →

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