Productivity is meaningful only if it is improving as you get closer to the bottleneckEliyahu M. Goldratt
Every action that brings a company closer to its goal is productiveEliyahu M. Goldratt
Whatever you're doing is probably a waste of time. The question you need to ask yourself is: 'Why am I doing this?'Jonah
Tell me how you measure me, and I will tell you how I will behaveEliyahu M. Goldratt
What is a bottleneck? Any resource whose capacity is equal to or less than the demand placed upon it.Eliyahu M. Goldratt
Bottlenecks govern both throughput and inventoryEliyahu M. Goldratt
If you don't know what your goal is, you're a manager only in title.Jonah
The goal is not to improve one measurement in isolation. The goal is to reduce operational expense and reduce inventories and increase throughput simultaneously.Eliyahu M. Goldratt
There is at least one necessary condition for the existence of a bottleneck: the existence of inventory piles up in front of it.Eliyahu M. Goldratt
Deviation is not a cause. Deviation is a symptom of a cause.Eliyahu M. Goldratt