Summary Of The Goal By Eliyahu M. Goldratt And Jeff Cox
Caitlyn Wilson
Professor Graham
IE 101
December 3, 2014
The Goal
”The Goal”, written by Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox is a story about a guy named Alex whose job is on the line as well as his factory unless he can break their old ways that is running the factory into the ground. I enjoyed reading this book for class because it expanded my knowledge about what engineers can go through. The story is very interesting on how it goes into depth with how an engineer may deal with his work problems as well as problems at home. After reading this book I feel like I have learned a great deal about running an efficient business and how to solve problems. I believe that this book is a great start in learning about becoming an engineer because it …show more content…
Balancing the load increases the productivity and makes the team go faster. After returning home from the trip with his son, they find that his wife is gone. His wife was tired of all the time for his job and was fed up with him after going on the hiking trip instead of spending time with her. She left Alex with the kids and didn’t say where she was going. Alex tries to explain a way to fix the factory using the hiking trip as an analogy but no one is interested and not even the production supervisor agrees. Alex calls Jonah back and Jonah explains what a bottleneck is and what a non-bottleneck is. “A bottleneck is any resource whose capacity is equal to or less than the demand placed upon it. A non-bottleneck is any resource whose capacity is greater than the demand placed on it." (Pg 139) Jonah then suggest that Alex tries to balance the flow of the products through the factory. Alex and his team soon find the bottlenecks, which is Herbie in the hike. On the hike it was easy by moving Herbie to the front but the factory isn’t so easy and they need more machines but the division won’t allow it. Stuck on what to do Alex calls Jonah and he agrees to come visit the plant.
Professor Graham
IE 101
December 3, 2014
The Goal
”The Goal”, written by Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox is a story about a guy named Alex whose job is on the line as well as his factory unless he can break their old ways that is running the factory into the ground. I enjoyed reading this book for class because it expanded my knowledge about what engineers can go through. The story is very interesting on how it goes into depth with how an engineer may deal with his work problems as well as problems at home. After reading this book I feel like I have learned a great deal about running an efficient business and how to solve problems. I believe that this book is a great start in learning about becoming an engineer because it …show more content…
Balancing the load increases the productivity and makes the team go faster. After returning home from the trip with his son, they find that his wife is gone. His wife was tired of all the time for his job and was fed up with him after going on the hiking trip instead of spending time with her. She left Alex with the kids and didn’t say where she was going. Alex tries to explain a way to fix the factory using the hiking trip as an analogy but no one is interested and not even the production supervisor agrees. Alex calls Jonah back and Jonah explains what a bottleneck is and what a non-bottleneck is. “A bottleneck is any resource whose capacity is equal to or less than the demand placed upon it. A non-bottleneck is any resource whose capacity is greater than the demand placed on it." (Pg 139) Jonah then suggest that Alex tries to balance the flow of the products through the factory. Alex and his team soon find the bottlenecks, which is Herbie in the hike. On the hike it was easy by moving Herbie to the front but the factory isn’t so easy and they need more machines but the division won’t allow it. Stuck on what to do Alex calls Jonah and he agrees to come visit the plant.