{"id":27813,"date":"2019-03-05T08:54:02","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T13:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/?p=27813"},"modified":"2019-02-28T03:00:08","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T08:00:08","slug":"27813-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/27813-2\/27813\/","title":{"rendered":"Eliyahu M Goldratt"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a296a24fa2fc69ef5487857f02f111e8\" data-index=\"9\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Single Post readerboard -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8207522353004717\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1144967431\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Eliyahu-M-Goldratt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"251\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27814 aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Eliyahu M Goldratt<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Early Life &amp; Achievements<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-IN\">Eliyahu M Goldratt, born on March 31, 1947, was an Israeli physicist who was later associated with major global corporations as a consultant and advisor. He is known to have devised interesting concepts like Optimized Production Technology (OPT), the Theory of Constraints (TOC), the Thinking Processes, Drum-Buffer-Rope, and Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-IN\">He graduated with a bachelor degree in science from Tel Aviv University and completed his Masters in Science as well as his doctorate from Bar-Ilan University. Dr. Eliyahu M. Goldratt was the founder of Creative Output, a company which developed the Optimized Production Technology (OPT).\u00a0 It was the first software providing finite capacity scheduling for production environments. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-IN\">He has written a series of popular books including The Goal&#8217;. He launched the Goldratt Satellite Program, a series of lectures and programs recorded online on various disciplines of management. Later Dr. Goldratt and his son Rami Goldratt together created <\/span><span lang=\"EN-IN\"><span>TOC Insights<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-IN\">, an interactive computer learning program which explains the application of the Theory of Constraints.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-IN\">Goldratt has written articles and white papers for the promotion of his theories, in addition to multiple business books like The Race, The Haystack Syndrome, It&#8217;s Not Luck, Critical Chain, and The Choice. Goldratt also established the Goldratt Institute in the year 2000. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span lang=\"EN-IN\">Contributions<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span lang=\"EN-IN\">Theory of Constraints:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-IN\">The Theory of Constraints is basically a systems framework to determine: What to change? What to change to? How to cause the change? Goldratt assumed that three levers can be utilized and put to work for the effective management of businesses: business expense, throughput, and inventory. Throughput can be understood as the rate at which an organization generates money through sales. TOC states that the goal of a company is to generate profit. It describes three methods to achieve this goal: Increase Throughput (T = Sales Revenue &#8211; Totally Variable Costs), Reduce Inventory (I = investment blocked in the processes of the system e.g. receivables, inventory and fixed assets, etc.), Reduce Operating Expense (OE = fixed costs).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-IN\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-IN\">According to Dr. Goldratt, the first method of Increasing Throughput is more convincing (and sustainable) than the other two options. Therefore to achieve the same, he stated <\/span><span lang=\"EN-IN\"><span>Five Focusing Steps<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-IN\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-IN\"> <\/span><span lang=\"EN-IN\">IDENTIFY the constraints of the system<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-IN\"> <\/span><span lang=\"EN-IN\">EXPLOIT the constraints of the system<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-IN\"> <\/span><span lang=\"EN-IN\">SUBORDINATE everything else to support the above decision<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-IN\"> <\/span><span lang=\"EN-IN\">ELEVATE the constraints of the system.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-IN\"> <\/span><span lang=\"EN-IN\">AVOID INERTIA if the constraint has been broken and refer back to Step 1.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-IN\">To ensure maximum flow through the constraint, organizations can use buffers. A TOC buffer is usually measured in time, so an organization can decide to have work equivalent to one hour or one shift<\/span><span lang=\"EN-IN\">.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-IN\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-IN\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span lang=\"EN-IN\">Optimized Production Technology (OPT): <\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-IN\">Optimized production technology is a scheduling system that uses computer software for optimizing shop floor scheduling. <\/span><span lang=\"EN-IN\">The system recognizes that there are two fundamental manufacturing processes i.e. Dependent events and statistical fluctuations. OPT is based on the principle that profits in an organization can be increased by reducing the bottlenecks of a system along with optimizing and scheduling the non-bottlenecks components maximizes the throughput of a system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span lang=\"EN-IN\">The Goal:<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-IN\">He authored\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-IN\"><span>The Goal<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-IN\">, a classic business book presented in a novel form. The Book was written to generate awareness about certain assumptions that resisted the implementation of OPT software. The book was initially rejected by all major publishers; then the Board of Directors of Creative Output took the initiative to get it published acknowledging the effort of the CEO Eliyahu Goldratt. And with the help of North River Press, The Goal was published and became a super hit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span lang=\"EN-IN\">Conclusions:<\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-IN\"><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-IN\">Goldratt founded\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-IN\"><span>Goldratt&#8217;s Marketing Group<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-IN\">,\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-IN\"><span>Goldratt Consulting<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-IN\">, and Goldratt Schools  together forming the Goldratt Group. The stated purpose of the Group was to make TOC the central way of managing the organizations. Eliyahu was an acknowledged consultant as well as trainer associated with many of the world&#8217;s largest corporations like General Motors, Procter &amp; Gamble, AT&amp;T, NV Philips, ABB, and Boeing. He has a number of patents in areas ranging from medical devices to drip irrigation to temperature sensors. 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