Eliyahu M. Goldratt Quotes

Israeli business management author and thinker (1947-2011)

Eliyahu Moshe Goldratt (March 31, 1947 – June 11, 2011) was an Israeli physicist who became a business management guru

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Native Name: אליהו גולדרט

Alternative Names: Eliyahu Goldratt • Eliyahu Moshe Goldratt

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productivity is the act of bringing a company closer to its goal. Every action that brings a company closer to its goal is productive. Every action that does not bring a company closer to its goal is not productive.

Bob comes into the office with a smear of grease on his white shirt over the bulge of his beer gut, and he’s talking nonstop about what’s going on with the breakdown of the automatic testing machines. “Bob,” I tell him, “forget about that for now.

The entire bottleneck concept is not geared to decrease operating expense, it’s focused on increasing throughput.

What is needed is just the courage to face inconsistencies and to avoid running away from them just because “that’s the way it was always done”.

Eli Goldratt passed away at his home in Israel on June 11th, 2011, in the company of his family and close friends.