Book Report of “the Goal”

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9. Fast delivery channels: reducing the volume and reducing the production cycle

(3) The reason why is the article important:

First of all, this book is very interesting and easy to understand. Readers can understand the economic knowledge that the author wants to convey by reading the novel, but it will not be bored. Secondly, this book can give readers some inspiration, because the author puts forward the bottleneck of knowledge points not only can be used in the enterprise, but also can be used in peacetime life to better arrange the time. Thirdly, the author created Theory of Constraints (TOC) which is very important to business. The constraint theory not just widely used in the manufacturing industry, but also be applied to other areas, such as marketing management and so on. What’s more, TOC also has a certain impact on cost accounting. Such as Throughput World should important than Cost World.

(4) Related to the class:

In this book, the director (Rogo) of the factory is from the experience of walking tighter with son’s boy scouts, then realized the production scheduling method. This method(Drum-Buffer-Rope, DBR) is adopted by the software company and developed into the application information system, which is convenient for many enterprises. What’s more, information management system is the main research of this course. The book focuses on the importance of production bottlenecks. A good information system should be able to help enterprises to find bottlenecks as early as possible, and then to help solve the problem.

(5) Conclusion:

I will strongly recommend this book to everyone. Because the book is very interesting and meaningful. Obviously, this is a very help for productive management to solve the long-term problems of many enterprises. At the same time, it also has a great inspiration for people to better manage their own time and life.

Goldratt, E. M., Cox, J., & Whitford, D. (2004). The goal: a process of ongoing improvement (Vol. 3). Great Barrington^ eMA MA: North River Press.

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