Eliyahu M. Goldratt’s The Goal is an educational business book written in novel form to help illustrate the issues facing the supply chain and manufacturing world. The Goal was written in 1984 and is based on an industrial engineering practice known as the Theory of Constraints. The main character is Alex Rogo, plant manager of UniCo at the Bearington location. The novel takes the reader on Alex’s journey to improve the plant’s performance and gain understanding of the steps to process improvement.
Right from the beginning the reader is clued into the problems that Alex is facing in his plant. It is obvious that the Bearington plant is operating based on expediting, there is no steady process that seems to get orders shipped on time, it based on whichever order has the most visibility. Alex has a background in industrial engineering and has done his best to keep the plant moving with an appropriate flow and keep efficiencies up but it doesn’t seem to be enough. Bill......

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Title: The Goal
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Approximate Pages: 5 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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