• The Goal By Eliyahu Goldratt Pdf

823/.914 22PR9510.9.G64 G6 2004Followed byThe Goal is a by, a business consultant known for his, and, a best selling author and co-author of multiple management-oriented novels. The Goal was originally published in 1984 and has since been revised and republished. This book can be used for case studies in operations management, with a focus geared towards the Theory of Constraints, bottlenecks and how to alleviate them, and applications of these concepts in real life. It is used in management colleges to teach students about the importance of strategic capacity planning and constraint management. Listed the book as one of 'The 25 Most Influential Business Management Books. Contents.Setting Like other books by Goldratt and by Cox, The Goal is written as a piece of fiction. The main character is Alex Rogo, who manages a production plant owned by UniCo Manufacturing, where everything is always behind schedule and things are looking dire.

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At the beginning of the book, Bill Peach, a company executive, tells Alex that he has three months to turn operations at his plant around from being unprofitable and unreliable to being successful. His distant acquaintance, Jonah (a physicist), whom many believe represents Goldratt himself, helps him solve the company's problems through a series of telephone calls and short meetings. A second story line is introduced involving Alex's marital life. Perhaps surprisingly, Jonah's concepts are also applied successfully in this alternative story line.Bottlenecks The book goes on to point out the role of in a manufacturing process, and how identifying them not only makes it possible to reduce their impact, but also yields a useful tool for measuring and controlling the flow of materials. Alex and his team identify the bottlenecks in their process and immediately begin to implement changes to help increase capacity and speed up production. In response to questions about the logic of using outdated technology in modern manufacturing, Alex's team brought in an old machine they received for free (which had previously been used at their plant in conjunction with two other machines) in order to increase the capacity of the NCX-10 machine, which had been identified as one of the two bottlenecks. Further more, they identified processes at the, identified as their second bottleneck, that caused massive delays in their getting product through the heat-treat and which had also caused some products to be heat-treated multiple times (to make softer and then harder again) instead of just once or not at all.Socratic method In the book, Jonah teaches Alex Rogo by using the.

Throughout the book, whenever a meeting or telephone call dialogue happens with Jonah he poses a question to Alex Rogo or a member of his crew which in turn causes them to talk amongst themselves to come up with a solution to their problem. When Alex Rogo is with his wife, he finds the Socratic method to be a way to fix his marriage which he then uses, with his crew, to come up with the five steps they should use to fix problems in the plant which ultimately leads him and Lou to think up the three things every division manager, the position Rogo is promoted to, should be able to do.Characters. Alex Rogo - main character, manufacturing plant manager. Bill Peach - division vice-president.

By Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox Croton-on-Hudson, NY: North River Press, 1992 1. The Goal is a novel about a manufacturing plant manager’s quest to improve his factory. He learns: Since any organization has one goal, improvements must directly address that highest organizational goal. Number 1 resource and knowledge base related to Dr. Eli Goldratt's Theory of Constraints (TOC), the most comprehensive offering of multi media products and self learning/training materials, including DVD, CD-Rom, OnDemand video streaming, books and more.

Fran - Alex's secretary. Jonah - advisor, Alex's old physics professor.

Helps Alex with almost all decisions. Lou - chief accountant/ plant controller. Stacey - the plant inventory manager. Julie Rogo - Alex Rogo's wife.

The Goal By Eliyahu Goldratt Pdf

Bob Donovan - production manager. Ralph Nakamura - data processing manager. Herbie - the bottleneck and the solution. Dave - Alex Rogo's son. Sharon - Alex Rogo's daughter. Mike O'Donnel - union rep.

Ethan Frost - division controller. Eddie - Second shift supervisor. Johnny Jons - marketing director. Hilton Smyth - Assistant Division Contoller.

Bucky Burnside - President of UniCo's biggest customerSee also.