goldratt — Pyrite Knowledge Base

Intellectual biography of Eliyahu M. Goldratt (1947-2011) — Israeli physicist turned management theorist, creator of the Theory of Constraints (TOC), and author of "The Goal" (1984). Covers TOC's five

TOC Handbook source Standing on the Shoulders of Giants writing Theory of Constraints writing Production the TOC Way writing The Choice writing Critical Chain writing Late Night Discussions on the Theory of Constraints writing Isn't It Obvious? writing Essays on the Theory of Constraints writing Cost Accounting — Public Enemy Number One of Productivity writing The Goal writing The Goal Movie — How to Version writing It's Not Luck writing The Race writing The Haystack Syndrome writing Beyond the Goal writing Necessary But Not Sufficient writing Goldratt Satellite Program writing Transition Tree concept Inherent Simplicity concept Prerequisite Tree concept Future Reality Tree concept Socratic Novel as Pedagogy concept Current Reality Tree concept Critical Chain Project Management concept Drum-Buffer-Rope concept Five Focusing Steps concept Thinking Processes concept Throughput Accounting concept Throughput World vs. Cost World concept The Jonah Program concept Policy Constraints vs Physical Constraints concept Theory of Constraints concept Evaporating Cloud concept Buffer Management concept Physics and OPT Origins era Viable Vision and Mature TOC era Post-Goldratt Continuation era The Goal Era era Domain Expansion Era era Thinking Processes Development era Clark Ching person Eli Schragenheim person Jeff Cox person Robert Fox person H. William Dettmer person Rami Goldratt person Gene Kim person Eliyahu M. Goldratt person Lisa Scheinkopf person Oded Cohen person Goldratt Group organization Goldratt Institute organization Creative Output organization North River Press organization TOCICO organization Avraham Y. Goldratt Institute organization Founding of Creative Output event Publication of The Goal event Founding of TOCICO event Launch of the Goldratt Satellite Program event