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The Goal Best Summary
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
“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
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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The Goal: Based on Teamwork & Data
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 36 – Five Steps to The Goal
[Visit the full Chapter by Chapter Summary!] Again the chapter opens in a meeting, but this time Rogo’s spider sense about the state of the plant foreshadows a re-evaluation of Jonah’s teachings. Highlight STEP 1. Identify the system’s bottlenecks. [Constraints!] … Continue reading
The Goal – Chapter 35 – Prediction and Practice
We enter the chapter sitting with Rogo’s team in a meeting to prepare him for his next role in a promotion. As noted in Chapter 34 – this really feels like a luxury in 2018! Highlights “His classification gave him the … Continue reading
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The Goal – Chapter 34 – Alex Rogo’s Promotion and Reflection
For more context, visit the full page-by-page, chapter-by-chapter review. Rogo’s promotion leads to an interlude where he sits with his team and reflects on what he will need to do in his next job. This chapter feels like a fantasyland … Continue reading
