The Goal Mercer University目标默瑟大学.pptVIP

The Goal A Process of Ongoing Improvement Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox The Goal Dependent events – Statistical Fluctuations Q. - Where does Alex first come to grips with this (i.e. sees this first hand)? A. – During the boy scout hike. The Goal Analyzing the boy scout hike Observations: the walking speed of individuals fluctuate All may have the same average walking speed, but gaps continue to lengthen, why? There is no limit to how much an individual can slow down, but your top speed is dependent on the person in front. Fluctuations are accumulating over time, and the slow fluctuations tend to accumulate faster because they are not limited like the fast ones. The Goal Boy scout hike – Manufacturing Plant Observations: Each boy is an operation The product is “walk the trail” Each boy/operation is dependent on the one in front. A “sale” is when the last operation/boy walks the trail. Throughput is the rate at which the last person walks the trail. Operating expense is the energy output of each boy. Inventory (material inside the plant) is the distance between the first and last boy. Fluctuations in operating speed is causing inventory to increase and causing throughput to decrease. Attempting to reduce gaps is increasing operating expense. The Goal Play the matches game? Setup: 5 operators, 5 bowls, matches, 1 die Dump all matches in bowl #1 Roll one die (starting with player #1) and pass that many matches from your bowl to the next person down the line Pass die to next player who rolls die and moves that number of matches from their bowl to next player, cannot pass more matches than what is in your bowl. Continue for each player, with last player handing die back to player #1. Recorder records number produced by last operator each round, and the WIP at operation at the end of the game. What is the average number rolled on a die? After 20 rounds, how many matches should the last player “produce”? See Game Variations on Next Slide The Goal Play the mat