Nathan J Daigrepont:
The Goal is an outstanding book for any manager or anyone working in the improvement arena. It explains the Theory of Constraints method of improvement by using story telling from a new manager's perspective. This is NOT written as an academic reference. The story telling itself helps the reader to understand not only the method, but how to apply that method in a real working manner (in the story's case, a manufacturing facility). I was given this book over 20 years ago by a colleague and I've owned several copies over the years (I keep giving them away to other ... because it's that good). If you work in any kind of improvement capacity, this book is a good one for your collection.
United States on Dec 26, 2023
David McArdle:
If you want to start in TOC, then look no further. Read this and then go from there. Excellent book!
United Kingdom on Dec 14, 2023
as1:
Mir hat es sehr gut gefallen, dass Wissen in Form einer Erzählung übermittelt wurde und nicht in Form eines Berichts oder einer Studie. Das macht es für mich viel einfacher zu folgen und dran zu bleiben.
Klare Empfehlung!
Germany on Sep 02, 2023
Modi G.:
Reading this book was like I am on the role manage Alex's plant
Specially I liked : Laws of science are nothing but assumptions which are valid in given circumstances.
India on Jun 08, 2023
sherry-ann:
Standard reading in the manufacturing industry. Easy to read audiobook available on Youtube is also complimentary to book
Canada on Mar 21, 2023
Corbin Carlton:
The Goal, by Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox
Chapter 1
The plant is anchoring down the entire company.
Rogo has run the plant for 6 months and has 3 months to turn the plant around.
Rogo’s home life is stressful due to his lack of attention towards his family.
Bill indicated the plant has many inefficiencies.
Bill’s visit resulted in a master machinist quitting during an operation.
The master machinist quitting resulted in damage to the crucial NCX-10 machine.
Rogo blames Bill’s interference for the numerical control machine, NCX-10, being down.
Bill promised order 41427 will ship today, but it requires the NCX-10 to complete.
Chapter 2
Rogo comes home in the evening for a short dinner before returning to the plant.
Rogo forgot he had promised his wife a night in town.
Bearington is a decaying factory town losing a plant a year for over a decade.
The NCX-10 is repaired. First shift had been held over for overtime, against policy.
People are carrying parts one at a time and walking with them.
Individuals throughout the plant are being shifted to work on order 41427.
41427 shipping cost a...
United States on Apr 09, 2022
Cesar Arredondo:
Totally recommended, You would enjoy this book while readingit, like if You were inside the company and living it in a real way.
Mexico on Aug 17, 2021
Laird:
I am reading this having already read Gene Kim's "The Phoenix Project." As you might expect, I am in IT - so why read this? In short, I think the novel does a fantastic job of introducing the down-sides of "Taylorist" management approaches, even in manufacturing, which is what Taylorism was developed for in the first place. By presenting the material in the form of a novel with a clear narrative path, it presents the basic ideas and some of their most important implications in an easily-digested and enjoyable way. You can then go on and read some of the excellent nonfiction literature on Lean that is targeted at your type of business and start with a intuition about where things can go, making that literature easier to digest and understand. (As an example, I read Reinertson's excellent "Principles of Product Development Flow" before reading this. I understood in an "I can apply these ideas" way about 30% of the work, and kinda-sorta got the rest. AFTER reading this book and seeing a bigger picture, much more of his theory makes sense to me in a way that I can actually use it now.)
The book has a few dings against it - mostly simply that it is dated. The...
United States on Jan 26, 2018
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You get to know characters who fill out roundly through the story.
Even though it discusses a very technical subject (production floor) the approach is such that anyone, with just a bit of knowledge can enter and understand what's going on.
I would recommend this book to managers at all companies and levels. Anyone who's thinking of starting a company, or anyone interested in business or critical thinking in general
As the author gently does, I also suggest reading Plato, maybe after this book to appreciate how they sort of converse.
I enjoyed it very much, and learned a lot of things I can put to use immediately.
United States on Dec 28, 2023