One of the most influential books on management is a work of fiction. Eliyahu M. Goldratt’s 1984 business novel, The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement, introduced a new way of looking at ...

Business guru Eliyahu M. Goldratt, in his 1984 book The Goal, presents a paradigm shift in management philosophy with the Theory of Constraints. This theory views any manageable system as constrained ...

In today's competitive global economic marketplace, manufacturers are struggling to squeeze out 5% to 7% operational cost reductions. The reality is startling. If a plant is not consistently improving ...

A constraint limits or holds back the possible success of an operational strategy. The theory of constraints, an organizational change method focused on process improvement, contends that every ...