The Goal (novel)

"The Goal" by Eliyahu M. Goldratt is a business novel that uses a story about a manufacturing plant struggling with inefficiency to introduce the Theory of Constraints. The protagonist, Alex Rogo, works to identify and address bottlenecks in production to improve overall performance. By focusing on the system's true limiting factor—its constraint—and aligning processes around it, the novel demonstrates how to increase throughput, reduce inventory and operational costs, and achieve business success. The book offers practical insights into optimizing complex systems through a simple, yet effective problem-solving approach.