Eliyahu M. Goldratt

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Eliyahu M. Goldratt (1948 - ) is an Israeli physicist turned business consultant. He is the originator of the Theory of Constraints (TOC) and Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM). He claims that he applied the scientific method to resolving some permanent problems of organizations.

He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree from Tel Aviv University and his Masters of Science, and Doctorate of Philosophy from Bar-Ilan University.

He is the author of several business novels:

The Goal (1984) introduces TOC's accounting and process improvement aspects; it is considered by some to be an important work on the topic of focused performance improvement. It was followed by:

It's Not Luck (1994) applies TOC to marketing.

Critical Chain (1997) applies TOC to project management and illustrates the so-called Critical Chain theory, and

Necessary But Not Sufficient (2000) applies TOC to Enterprise resource planning (ERP) and operations software.

1 Writings
- 1.1 Business Novels
- 1.2 Theory of Constraints
2 External links

[edit] Writings

[edit] Business Novels

Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox. The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement. North River Press; 2nd Rev edition (1992). ISBN 0-88427-061-0
Eliyahu M. Goldratt. It's Not Luck. (1994) ISBN 0-88427-115-3
Eliyahu M. Goldratt. Critical Chain. (1997) ISBN 0-88427-153-6
Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Eli Schragenheim, Carol A. Ptak. Necessary But Not Sufficient. (2000) ISBN 0-88427-170-6
Eliyahu M. Goldratt. Late Night Discussions on the Theory of Constraints. (1998)

[edit] Theory of Constraints

Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Robert E. Fox. The Race. (1986) ISBN 0-88427-062-9
Eliyahu M. Goldratt. Theory of Constraints. (1999) ISBN 0-88427-166-8
Eliyahu M. Goldratt. The Haystack Syndrome: Sifting Information Out of the Data Ocean. (1991)