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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 823.914 EAN: 9780884271789 Edition: 3 ISBN: 0884271781 Label: North River Press Manufacturer: North River Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 384 Publication Date: 2004-07 Publisher: North River Press Studio: North River Press Editorial Review: Product Description: A fully dramatized version of the practical guide to business in fictional form offers an ensemble cast, accompanied by sound effects and music, that reveals how businesses can enhance productivity and provide personal fulfillment. Book available. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Great framework for improving anythingThough geared to an industrial environment, this book teaches how to think when in need to improve processes. Makes great introductory reading for business process management professionals. Rating: - Extremely useful manufacturing throughput conceptsGoldratt's examination of throughput and cultural belief issues in a manufacturing environment are highly informative for anyone involved with a product slated for manufacturing. He illustrates his concepts with adeptly conceived metaphors and parables which makes grasping them much easier. In fact I would even go so far as to recommend this book to those involved in service industries, where his concepts of throughput and bottlenecks may be applied with great utility. Additionally, on the ... Read More Rating:  - Julie Rogo Knocks It Down One StarPer my graduate class in quality engineering: "Read The Goal and provide an executive summary of the book. The summary should cover the main points of the process that Mr. Rogo and his team took to turn around the plant. In addition to the summary, answer the following questions." Part I -- Executive Summary The problem of production has challenged human beings since they first evolved. Even hunters and gatherers had to do elementary planning to evaluate local ... Read More Rating: - Outstanding readGreat book! I couldn't put it down. Very interesting how the author used a novel to present a breakthrough business theory. Rating: - Manufacturing world at a glanceI have just started to read this book, and from the very beginning it feels like you are inside the normal reality of manufacturing. It is easy to write books about theories, but giving a real feeling of daily manufacturing issues is something new. I expect a lot form reading the whole, since page by page you discover more as the guy who's involved in story. |
