The Goal

I had great expectations on this book, and in the end, I liked it despite it missing some important aspects.

First was that the goal to make money was seen as the only goal thinkable. Making money is a requirement, but great organisations have a purpose higher than that. But I accepted it as framing the learning in this book.

Liked:
Key takeaway is to challenge your assumptions. Look for bottlenecks and optimize for them.
Reduce Lead time increases value.
Do not produce stuff no one wants.

Longed for:
The book would be even greater if coworkers were part of the decision-making and brought their perspectives. In this book, only managers made all decisions, without involving people working in the factory.

If you have an interest in leadership, processes, or factories this book will keep you interested with its story format.

A quick primer into Theory of Constraints. Non fiction books driving one single point in reams of pages is sometimes tiresome. In a graphic novel like this I could easily understand the core concept even though manufacturing is an alien domain. I love this book specially in this format.