The Goal Eli Goldratt Summary
The Goal: A Process of on – going Improvement (Summary)
Alex Rogo is the plant manager of Unico’s Bearington plant. Clearly he has problems in his plant as is evident in the surprise visit he got from the vice – president of his division, Bill Peach. Peach came to expedite an order (No. 41427), which he wanted to be shipped that day. Alex is given three months to turn around his unprofitable plant or else face a shut – down.
The order is shipped at the end of the day, although there was a breakdown of a machine and the plant operated beneath efficiency. All workers were pulled from other jobs just to work on a single order. Some even had to carry machine parts by hand to the point of assembly. Alex is concerned that his plant does not run as well as he thinks it should be based on the level of technology in the plant.
Bill Peach summons all plant managers in his division for a meeting at the head office to discuss the reports of from their plants. Alex learns from peach’s staff how bad things are in the division. It dawns on him how serious the situation is i.e. if things do not change, Alex and all staff of the division could be out of jobs at the end of three months. That is all he can think of during the meeting.
While at the meeting, Alex has a flashback. Two weeks ago he runs into his old college professor, Jonah. When Jonah hears about the way the plan is trying to achieve efficiency and the addition of robots to the production line, he predicts that inventory was actually building up and it was caused by the addition of new technology working at a faster rate than all the other units at the plant. He also was on point in telling Alex that they were not meeting up on their order processing times. He also tells Alex to think about what the organization’s goal is, that anything that brings the plant closer to achieving the goal is productive while anything that keeps it from the goal is not.
Alex leaves the meeting during break giving an excuse about an
Alex Rogo is the plant manager of Unico’s Bearington plant. Clearly he has problems in his plant as is evident in the surprise visit he got from the vice – president of his division, Bill Peach. Peach came to expedite an order (No. 41427), which he wanted to be shipped that day. Alex is given three months to turn around his unprofitable plant or else face a shut – down.
The order is shipped at the end of the day, although there was a breakdown of a machine and the plant operated beneath efficiency. All workers were pulled from other jobs just to work on a single order. Some even had to carry machine parts by hand to the point of assembly. Alex is concerned that his plant does not run as well as he thinks it should be based on the level of technology in the plant.
Bill Peach summons all plant managers in his division for a meeting at the head office to discuss the reports of from their plants. Alex learns from peach’s staff how bad things are in the division. It dawns on him how serious the situation is i.e. if things do not change, Alex and all staff of the division could be out of jobs at the end of three months. That is all he can think of during the meeting.
While at the meeting, Alex has a flashback. Two weeks ago he runs into his old college professor, Jonah. When Jonah hears about the way the plan is trying to achieve efficiency and the addition of robots to the production line, he predicts that inventory was actually building up and it was caused by the addition of new technology working at a faster rate than all the other units at the plant. He also was on point in telling Alex that they were not meeting up on their order processing times. He also tells Alex to think about what the organization’s goal is, that anything that brings the plant closer to achieving the goal is productive while anything that keeps it from the goal is not.
Alex leaves the meeting during break giving an excuse about an