Eliyahu M. Goldratt
Eliyahu Moshe Goldratt ( born March 31, 1947 † 11 June 2011) was an Israeli physicist who became a well-known theorist of management theory and consultants. From him the Optimized Production Technology, the Theory of Constraints ( TOC), the Thinking Processes, Drum- Buffer - Rope, Critical Chain Project Management ( CCPM ) and other based on the Theory of Constraints management methods come.
In addition to some non-fiction books he came forward as the author of novels economy, thus contributing not only to his own, but also to the popularity of this literary genre.
Life
Goldratt was born into a family of rabbis in Israel and studied physics for "Bachelor of Science" at the Tel Aviv University. His " Master of Science" and the subsequent PhD he earned at Bar- Ilan University. It creates several patents for temperature sensors and surgical tools. After his academic career, he worked as a software developer, business consultant and author.
Goldratt passed away on June 11, 2011 surrounded by his family after a short illness with cancer.
Professional life
Time to "Creative Output Inc."
After he had with his brother already advised as a research assistant Israeli production companies and had developed the concept of TOC and the idea of OPT founded the siblings in 1978 with the support of the Control Data Corporation Creative Output Inc. in the United States. The company developed and marketed the "Optimized Production Technology (OPT ) " software package. The interest of large customers such as General Electric and General Motors could be awakened. Creative Output grew rapidly and in 1983 was one of the ten fastest- growing companies and OPT was quoted in the standard literature on production management.
Goldratt observed that the software was often not used adequately, failed to the aspired success because of that. In an attempt to tackle the causes, he began in 1983 pointed out that the usual cost center accounting caused dysregulation and significant productivity losses. At first this was still a very factual, narrow approach. Later, it became clearer that both management and the employees the software only insufficiently or not used because they did not understand the underlying ideas and the results did not trust or do not fit into the landscape.
A response was written as a novel book The target. At Creative Output not liked the book and found it initially also no other publisher. When it finally appeared at North River Press, it had resounding success and became a best seller. Goldratt learned from the criticism of his readers, that is now to achieve many already felt capable of strong productivity gains by adapting the ideas of the book. On the sale of the software was the effect not good. Goldratt took the feedback on technical and developed the method of the Drum - Buffer - Rope, published in 1987 in another book: not so much anymore to The Race and tried to develop in the direction of the company on software sales but on consulting and training focus. It is to establish customer benefits and not to market a product task of the company. They were not, the company's development has declined and ended up leaving the shareholders to replace Goldratt in 1987 and the next train had to be narrower team left the company.
Time when " Avraham Y. Goldratt Institute"
In the same year, in 1987, founded the Goldratt after his father named Avraham Y Goldratt Institute ( AGI). The new company Goldratt was able to devote the expanded focus, no longer had to concentrate on PPS software alone, but was able to develop a more holistic management approach, which he calls Theory of Constraints. It identifies in particular corporate policy and culture, Key Performance Indicators, the cost accounting and financial management system at least as important variables such as production optimization software.
With the AGI Goldratt quickly grew in reputation and popularity. He continued to work on the development of TOC, focused on the process of thought processes, critical chain project management and other management tools. His concepts now gained influence not only on production processes and supply chain management, but also to fields such as Sales -Process Engineering.
The AGI writes some success story. However, Goldratt was his early announcement to go with fifty to retirement, faithful and left the company in 1997.
The time in the " Goldratt Group"
With the beginning of the new millennium Goldratt is entrepreneurially active again and founds this time without partners and funders Goldratt 's Marketing Group and in 2002, Goldratt Consulting and Goldratt Schools. The three companies are connected to the Goldratt Group. The group focuses on one hand the specialization of TOC on the different requirements and the further spread of good ideas on the other.
Publications
Goldratts most important publications are:
- The Goal: excellence in manufacturing. Great Barrington, MA: North River Press, 1984 ( with Jeff Cox ). The goal: a novel about process optimization. 4th ed Frankfurt: Campus, 2008 - ISBN 978-3-593-38568-6. .
- It's Not Luck. Aldershot: Gower, 2008 ( reprint of 1994). - ISBN 978-0-566-07627-5. The goal - Part II: the continuation of the worldwide bestseller. Frankfurt / M: Campus, 2003 ( with Petra Pyka ). - ISBN 3-593-37301-7.
- The race. Great Barrington MA: The North River Press, 2003 - ISBN 0-88427-175-7. .
- The haystack syndrome: sifting information out of the data ocean. North River Press: Croton-on- Hudson ( NY) 1990 - ISBN 0884270890. .
- Critical Chain. North River Press: Great Barrington (MA ), 1997 - ISBN 0-88427-153-6. . The critical chain: a novel about the new concept in project management. Campus: Frankfurt / M., 2002 - ISBN 3-593-37091-3. .
- Necessary but not Sufficient: a theory of constraints business novel. North River Press: Great Barrington (MA ), 2000 ( with Eli Schrage home and Carol A. Ptak ). - ISBN 0-88427-170-6. The result is a novel about profitable software solutions. Campus: 0 Frankfurt / M., 2001 ( with Eli Schrage home and Carol A. Ptak ). - ISBN 3-593-36913-3.
- Production the TOC way. North River Press: Great Barrington (MA ), 2003 - ISBN 0-88427-175-7. .
- The Choice. North River Press: Great Barrington (MA ), 2008 - ISBN 978-0884271895. .
- Is not it Obvious. North River Press: Great Barrington (MA ), 2009 - ISBN 978-0884271925. .