Study Questions for The Goal Book by Eliyahu （研究问题供Eliyahu目标书）.pdfVIP

111 Study Questions for The Goal Book by Eliyahu Goldratt and Jeff Cox, North River Press, Revised Edition (1986). Why does Alex think the robots are so successful when he first talks to Jonah? How does Jonah indicate that the robots were not successful? Why should one not adopt the goal to increase efficiency? What is the goal for publicly owned manufacturing organizations? What about such goals as: improve quality, supplying jobs, producing products, low cost production, produce efficiently, stay on leading edge of technology, high market share? What three common financial measures express the goal to make money? What three measures are useful at the operational level to express the goal? Define throughput, inventory, and operational expense. Express the goal in terms of throughput, inventory, and operational expense. What is the result of high efficiencies on a non-constraint machine? Do high efficiencies necessarily imply higher profit? Why is it important that throughput be defined in terms of sales rather than production? What does it mean to balance a plant? Is it a good idea to balance a plant? What causes a balanced plant to fail? Why does the spread of the line of boy scouts discussed on page 100 always become longer as time goes on? What characteristics of the hiking troop relate to the production characteristics of throughput, inventory, and operational expense? Using the hike analogy on page 113, what happens in a plant if the fastest operations are put at the beginning of the production process, the slowest operations are put at the end, and all workers produce at a high efficiency? What is Herbie in terms of TOC? In terms of TOC what has been done when Herbie goes to the front of the line? In terms of TOC what has been done when items are removed from Herbies pack? W