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by: Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Eli Schragenheim, Carol A. Ptak
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 370
EAN: 9780566084508
ISBN: 0566084503
Label: Gower Pub Co
Manufacturer: Gower Pub Co
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: 2001-08
Publisher: Gower Pub Co
Sales Rank: 804501
Studio: Gower Pub Co
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Product Description:
After reading the newspapers and following the sharp oscillations of the stock market, it becomes apparent that hi-tech companies are of a different breed. Never before have the chances of making a fortune been so realistic and never before have large companies been so fragile. What is really going on inside these hi-tech companies? What types of pressures and challenges are they facing? And how do they cope? Computer software providers, especially the ones that specialize in handling the data needs of organizations, are prime examples of these volatile companies. In the dollar giants. No wonder investors were attracted. In 1998 it was easy for such companies to raise as much money as they wanted. But now, investment funds have dried up. Why? And more importantly, is there a way to reverse the trend? This book gives the answers.
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Rating:  - TOC Applied to the High Tech Industry
This is the story of a high-tech company that sells ERP systems and how it decided to move from selling a bunch of features to selling bottom-line value and in the process has increased it's business considerably. In parallel, their main product is also moving in lock step from a pure ERP to a TOC based management system. As with all of Goldratt's business novels, the main characters have their "ah ha" moment.
I could relate to it because I'm a techie too and I'm used to being sold "features" ... Read More
Rating:  - 99% Novel, 1% TOC
Necessary But Not Sufficient can be boiled down to three points:
1. Technology is worthless if it doesn't bring bottom-line value.
2. "Drum-buffer-rope" and "Buffer Management" are good
3. "Pull" inventory management is good
As an rabid reader and huge fan of The Goal, I was dissapointed with the delivery of this book. The fictional plot was boring and the characters were met with absolute apathy. While the above three points are repeated ad nauseum, no real background ... Read More
Rating: - Worst of the TOC Novels
This book has very little new material from previous TOC books. It doesn't lead the reader as well as The Goal or It's Not Luck. In short it is a "Rah-Rah" book telling the reader how great TOC is without giving much detail and in the context of a novel that doesn't create a great amount of character sympathy. I really don't understand how a man as brilliant as Goldratt could have written this. Get The Goal, It's Not Luck, and the appropriate textbook(s) to implement TOC in your business.
Rating:  - Student's point of View
I'm a student at Tec de Monterrey, in Mexico City. I've been assigned to read The Goal, it wasn't luck and this necessary but not suficient. I have to say that when i read the goald and it's second part i really loved the book. I was introduced to this concepts like DBR and inventory management. While i was reading necessary... i thought, this is by far the worst book written by this author (also read the race).
As a novel there's nothing exciting about it, is not that the other's had me in the edge ... Read More
Rating:  - Absolutely necessary
This book is a journey of about a year and a quarter into the ERP market through the eyes of a hypothetical company BGSoft and its implementation partner KPI Solutions. Scott the CEO of BGSoft is a visionary who delivers business results for his clients through his ERP software. Lenny the head of Development, Gail his marketing chief and Maggie of KPI are the other key players in this novel.
Like any other technology company BGSoft faces the uphill task of growing 40 % every year if it has to keep the ... Read More
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