"There are three measurements which express the goal of making money perfectly well, but which also permit you to develop operational rules for running your plant. Their names are throughput, inventory and operational expense."
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Eliyahu M. Goldratt
Eliyahu Moshe Goldratt (March 31, 1947 β June 11, 2011) was an Israeli physicist who became a business management guru
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