The Goal

. Jonah then asks if the plant is making 36% more money because the plant is using robots? Well, of course not is the response. Just the one department is producing 36% more.
             Jonah continues the conversation and admits that he has been studying manufacturing processes. He asks Alex what productivity is and ends up explaining true productivity is accomplishing something in terms of your goal. Alex cannot even determine the goal of his company at this point. Jonah tells him to think about it and leaves. Back at the meeting, Alex hears talk about measurements of efficiencies, productivity, and cost per price, etc. He is not even sure what productivity is, so he decides to bail out at lunch to head back to the plant. His trip to the plant is interrupted by a pizza pie and a six pack of beer. Alex goes to a hill overlooking the plant and spends the rest of the afternoon contemplating what he is going to do over the next three months, and what exactly
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