Alex Rogo is a harried plant manager working ever more desperately to try and improve performance. His factory is rapidly heading for disaster. So is his marriage. He has ninety days to save his plant – or it will be closed by corporate HQ, with hundreds of job losses. It takes a chance meeting with a colleague from student days, Jonah, to help him break out of conventional ways of thinking to see what needs to be done. Written in a fast-paced thriller style, The Goal is the gripping novel which is transforming management thinking throughout the Western world. The author has been described by Fortune as a ‘guru to industry’ and by Businessweek as a ‘genius’. [Gower Publishing]
Your assignment is to write a two-page (double space, size 12 Arial font) summary on the problems identified, the methods used to identify the problems and most importantly the learnings identified in the final chapters. The Goal, by Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox.
In these chapters you will read topics related to the information below:
Alex and is wife have been dating and things have been good. How has it affected his view of work or his ability to work? Explain throughout, inventory and operating within Alex’s plant case—it must be related to his plant. How did each of these affect his plant’s performance? How did they recommend exploiting bottlenecks? How do you balance flow? How does Alex and his team turn around the plant?
In the final section of your paper, (1-2 paragraphs) explain the Theory of Constraints. And share what you learned from this book.
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