The Race: [Paperback]

Eliyahu M. Goldratt (Author), Robert E. Fox (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1996

The graphics and accompanying text reveal the implications that stem from the shop floor to our standard of living. The Race allows you to derive a superior system, Drum-Buffer-Rope, for generating logistical improvement. It also shows you how to focus these improvements so they are optimal and not just local. The epilogue and appendix quizzes will give the thoughtful reader insight in how to initiate and extend a process of ongoing improvement into other areas-like marketing and financial control.

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About the Author

One of the world's most sought after business leaders - author and educator, Dr. Eli Goldratt. Eli Goldratt had been described by Fortune Magazine as a "guru to industry" and by Business Week as a "genius." His charismatic, stimulating, yet sometimes unconventional style has captured the attention of audiences throughout the world. Eli is a true thinker who provokes others to think.

Eli Goldratt is the creator of the Theory of Constraints (TOC) and is the author of 8 books, including the business best sellers The Goal, It's Not Luck, and Critical Chain. Goldratt's Theory of Constraints is used by thousands of companies, and is taught in hundreds of colleges, universities, and business schools. His books have sold over 3 million copies and have been translated into 23 languages. Goldratt's fascinating work as an author, educator and business pioneer had resulted in the promulgation of TOC into many facets of society and has transformed management thinking throughout the world.

Product Details

• Paperback: 179 pages
• Publisher: North River Press; 1 edition (January 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0884270629
• ISBN-13: 978-0884270621
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #274,294 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Eli Goldratt is an educator, author, scientist, philosopher, and business leader. But he is, first and foremost, a thinker who provokes others to think. Often characterized as unconventional, stimulating, and "a slayer of sacred cows," Dr. Goldratt exhorts his audience to examine and reassess their business practices with a fresh, new vision.

He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree from Tel Aviv University and his Masters of Science, and Doctorate of Philosophy from Bar-Ilan University. In addition to his pioneering work in Business Management and education, he holds patents in a number of areas ranging from medical devices to drip irrigation to temperature sensors

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39 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bargain: A Pearl of Wisdom for under US$20, June 13, 2002

By 

J. B. Potter (Clio, SC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Race: (Paperback)

The Race is the most accessible presentation of the Theory of Constraints as applied to production. All the key concepts are right here with a handful of presentation slides on the right hand pages and talking points on the left hand pages. You'll even have plenty of room for notes. As an added bonus, there are five simple exercises which let you test how well you understand what you read.

There is a best way to read this book! Read it this way ...

- Get about 10-20 sheets of paper and a pencil.
- On 5-10 sheets of paper, work the five exercises in the back.
- DO NOT mark on the exercise pages.
- DO NOT check your answers, yet.
- Read the book.
- On 5-10 more sheets of paper, work the exercises, AGAIN.
  Yes, do them over, really. Do not let your first try
  influence the second attempt.
- DO NOT mark on the exercise pages.
- Check all your answers against the official answers.
- Think about what you learned.
- Share these instructions and The Race with a colleague.

Failing to exploit the exercises makes it too easy to convince yourself that you already knew all that obvious stuff. If you lead or manage an organization, you should get at least four of these quick and easy exercises right on the first try. If you believe what you think you learned during your MBA, you will probably miss most of them the first time through.

No exercise is difficult. Each is a microcosim of a typical business situation. None requires math more complex than arithmetic. None requires special business knowledge. Yet, if you think conventionally without considering the barriers to success, you will miss all five of them.

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Illustration for understanding., February 16, 2001

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Sarawoot Chittratanawat - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Race: (Paperback)

Some books show you the text, some books show you illustration. "The Race" is an illustration of "The Goal (Goldratt)". Some people may like the Novel style of the goal but some people may need more illustration of it and The Race is what you're looking for. I see The Race is not only a good companion of The Goal, but it can be used as "Class material" as well. The DBR illustration is clearly stated and I don't think I can see any illustration of The Goal production system better than this book. Goldratt may consider to put some figures from The Race in the new edition of The Goal to make the Goal the perfect book of production system novel.

57 of 66 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars nothing new, October 13, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Race: (Paperback)

The race is nothing more than The Goal with the fluff stripped off. There is no details to support Goldratt's theories. There is a stunning lack of any specific examples. While The Goal is an excellent work, The Race appears to be nothing more than the outline used. This book would be better used in the classroom to support The Goal as a text book.