The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement - 30th Aniversary Edition

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In celebration of thirty years since the first publication of Eliyahu Goldratt’s essential business classic, HighBridge is proud to present an expanded audio edition of The Goal, featuring the original novel, plus case study reviews, and the author’s highly regarded essay “Standing on the Shoulders of Giants.” Also included is an audio archive exclusive featuring Eliyahu Goldratt in conversation about the significance—both personal and professional—of his breakthrough work.

Alex Rogo is the manager of a failing manufacturing plant who receives an ultimatum from corporate headquarters: Turn the situation around in three months or the plant will be scrapped. With help from a mysterious mentor, Rogo discovers a revolutionary new way to do business—a way for people in any field of endeavor to increase productivity, profitability, and personal fulfillment.

The story of Alex’s fight to save his plant contains a serious message for all managers in industry and explains the ideas which underline the Theory of Constraints (TOC) developed by Dr. Goldratt. First published in 1984, The Goal has changed how America does business.

In celebration of thirty years since the first publication of Eliyahu Goldratt’s essential business classic, HighBridge is proud to present an expanded audio edition of The Goal, featuring the original novel, plus case study reviews, and the author’s highly regarded essay “Standing on the Shoulde...

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39 reviews
Ross DePaul
May 3, 2025
The Goal, coupled with the bonus material, has been an excellent and we'll timed reading for our management team as we are starting up a new production plant that is significantly different from our current production processes. We are leaping from the 19th century to the 21st century overnight. We will maintain our old plant for very specialized product production that can be very labor intensive; to opening up a new processing plant that will yield high volume, simpler produced product where we will need to utilize the TOC model and DBR method to fully maximize the quantity and quality of product at a very competitive price that we know we can now capitalize on market share like we would never have been able to have done in the past.
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Mark Baller
April 27, 2026
Being an audio book made it possible to "read" during unproductive times like when driving. So super convenient
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Manny Rosillo
December 6, 2024
one of the best ops books, ever written
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Eliyahu M. Goldratt is best known as the father of the Theory of Constraints (TOC), a process of ongoing improvement that continuously identifies and leverages a system's constraints in order to achieve its goals. His business novel, The Goal, has been recognized as one of the bestselling business books of all time.

Eliyahu M. Goldratt is best known as the father of the Theory of Constraints (TOC), a process of ongoing improvement that continuously identifies and leverages a system's constraints in order to achieve its goals. His business novel, The Goal, has been recognized as one of the bestselling busines...

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