The Goal
A Process of Ongoing Improvement
Ranked #1 in Manufacturing, Ranked #1 in Operations Management — see more rankings.
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Reviews and Recommendations
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Jeff Bezos Founder/AmazonEncourages companies to identify the biggest constraints in their operations and then structure their organizations to get the most out of those constraints. (Source)
Danielle Morrill Co-founder/MattermarkRecommends this book
Kevin Systrom About basically manufacturing and supply chain management. It sounds really boring, but I promise you it’s really good. (Source)
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Chris Goward Here are some of the books that have been very impactful for me, or taught me a new way of thinking: [...] The Goal. (Source)
Rankings by Category
The Goal is ranked in the following categories:
- #5 in Agile
- #5 in Agile Project Management
- #28 in Business
- #34 in Business Competition
- #55 in Business Development
- #51 in Business Economics
- #9 in Business Management
- #16 in Business Strategy
- #5 in CEO
- #60 in Career Guide
- #11 in Consulting
- #2 in Devops
- #20 in Engineering
- #57 in Entrepreneurship
- #3 in Goal Setting
- #7 in Information Technology
- #18 in Jobs
- #47 in Leadership
- #2 in Lean Management
- #8 in MBA
- #6 in Management
- #58 in Marketing
- #13 in Marketing Strategy
- #67 in Mindset
- #1 in Operations Research
- #14 in Organization
- #22 in Personal Branding
- #4 in Process
- #28 in Product Management
- #45 in Productivity
- #4 in Project Management
- #10 in Public
- #5 in Sales Management
- #10 in Scrum
- #3 in Six Sigma
- #54 in Startup
- #36 in Strategy
- #25 in Technical
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