The Goal
"The Goal" by Eliyahu M. Goldratt follows the journey of Alex Rogo, a manufacturing plant manager who is struggling to save his factory from closure. Through the application of the Theory of Constraints, he learns to identify and address bottlenecks in production, ultimately transforming his plant’s performance and redefining success in terms of overall organizational efficiency. The novel emphasizes the importance of continuous improvement and aligning operations with broader business goals.
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Key Insights & Memorable Quotes
Below are the most impactful passages and quotes from The Goal, carefully selected to capture the essence of the book.
The goal is to make money.
A system is only as good as its constraints.
Every improvement can be measured.
The throughput of a system is the rate at which it generates money.
If you don't know what to measure, you can't manage.
What to change? What to change to? How to cause the change?
It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and then do your best.
The more you try to optimize each part, the more you will sub-optimize the whole.
An hour lost at a bottleneck is an hour lost for the entire system.
There is no such thing as a problem without a solution.