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The Goal – Chapter 06 – Improving Metrics Create Visibility

[Click for a chapter-by-chapter summary of the whole book.] [Video summary of Chapter 6.] Chapter 6 takes us back to the plant, where our narrator meets with his controller to re-evaluate financial numbers.  Then he returns late to home where … Continue reading

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The Goal – Chapter 05 – The Worst Corporate Meeting

“They’re out there renting warehouses to store all the crap they’re buying so cost-effectively.”  Continue reading

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The Goal – Chapter 04 – Introducing Jonah in an Airport Flashback

(Full Chapter by Chapter Review) (Video Review of Chapter 4) With Chapter 04, the reader is 10% in to Goldratt’s classic and the pattern and story structure are getting clearer. This is a two-week flashback to an encounter with a … Continue reading

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The Goal – Chapter 03 – Awful Corporate Meeting

[Visit the full Chapter by Chapter Summary!] In the first two chapters, Goldratt has set the stage with a troubled plant combined with the demands of family life. Chapter 3 is short. Our narrator, Rogo, faces a dreaded event – … Continue reading

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The Goal – Chapter 02 – Defining Process

A page by page review of the highlights of Chapter 2 of Goldratt’s classic, “The Goal” which introduces the Theory of Constraints. #toc Continue reading

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The Goal – Chapter 01 – Alex’s Production Site Fails

[This is #1 in a series covering all 40 Chapters – Visit the summary. Video summary is here, and a <60s summary of the chapter is here.] Chapter 1 of The Goal pulls the reader right in: Goldratt, the author … Continue reading

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$TSLA’s Race Against Constraints

GP’s with a name portfolio company are coy with their humblebrag as they pitch new limited partners.  This isn’t the kid down the street who puts his Bo Jackson rookie card at the front of his card collection.  This is … Continue reading

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Growth by Document

The current business has experienced pleasant success despite a challenging market.  We grew our ASP from $40,000 by nearly 20x, increased our industrial installation base by similar numbers and have figured out how to grow in a long sales cycle market. … Continue reading

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