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Top 25 Eliyahu M. Goldratt Quotes (2025 Update)

Eliyahu M. Goldratt Quote: “Tell me how you measure me, and I will tell you how I will behave.”

1. “Tell me how you measure me, and I will tell you how I will behave.”

— Eliyahu M. Goldratt

Eliyahu M. Goldratt Quote: “Never let something important become urgent.”

2. “Never let something important become urgent.”

— Eliyahu M. Goldratt

Eliyahu M. Goldratt Quote: “An expert is not someone who gives you the answer, it is someone who asks you the right question.”

3. “An expert is not someone who gives you the answer, it is someone who asks you the right question.”

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Eliyahu M. Goldratt Quote: “I say an hour lost at a bottleneck is an hour out of the entire system. I say an hour saved at a non-bottleneck is worthless. Bottlenecks govern both throughput and inventory.”

4. “I say an hour lost at a bottleneck is an hour out of the entire system. I say an hour saved at a non-bottleneck is worthless. Bottlenecks govern both throughput and inventory.”

— Eliyahu M. Goldratt

Eliyahu M. Goldratt Quote: “Cost Accounting is enemy number one of productivity.”

5. “Cost Accounting is enemy number one of productivity.”

— Eliyahu M. Goldratt

Eliyahu M. Goldratt Quote: “The goal is not to improve one measurement in isolation. The goal is to reduce operational expenses AND reduce inventories and increase throughput simultaneously.”

6. “The goal is not to improve one measurement in isolation. The goal is to reduce operational expenses AND reduce inventories and increase throughput simultaneously.”

— Eliyahu M. Goldratt

Eliyahu M. Goldratt Quote: “So this is the goal: To make money by increasing net profit, while simultaneously increasing return on investment, and simultaneously increasing cash flow.”

7. “So this is the goal: To make money by increasing net profit, while simultaneously increasing return on investment, and simultaneously increasing cash flow.”

— Eliyahu M. Goldratt

Eliyahu M. Goldratt Quote: “If you don’t manufacture a quality product all you’ve got at the end is a bunch of expensive mistakes.”

8. “If you don’t manufacture a quality product all you’ve got at the end is a bunch of expensive mistakes.”

— Eliyahu M. Goldratt

Eliyahu M. Goldratt Quote: “An hour saved at the non-bottleneck is a mirage.”

9. “An hour saved at the non-bottleneck is a mirage.”

— Eliyahu M. Goldratt

Eliyahu M. Goldratt Quote: “Why not make the work easier and more interesting so that people do not have to sweat? The Toyota style is not to create results by working hard. It is a system that says there is no limit to people’s creativity. People don’t go to Toyota to ‘work’ they go there to ‘think’”

10. “Why not make the work easier and more interesting so that people do not have to sweat? The Toyota style is not to create results by working hard. It is a system that says there is no limit to people’s creativity. People don’t go to Toyota to ‘work’ they go there to ‘think’”

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Eliyahu M. Goldratt Quote: “For the ability to answer three simple questions: ‘what to change?’, ‘what to change to?’, and ‘how to cause the change?’ Basically what we are asking for is the most fundamental abilities one would expect from a manager.”

11. “For the ability to answer three simple questions: ‘what to change?’, ‘what to change to?’, and ‘how to cause the change?’ Basically what we are asking for is the most fundamental abilities one would expect from a manager.”

— Eliyahu M. Goldratt

Eliyahu M. Goldratt Quote: “Since the strength of the chain is determined by the weakest link, then the first step to improve an organization must be to identify the weakest link.”

12. “Since the strength of the chain is determined by the weakest link, then the first step to improve an organization must be to identify the weakest link.”

— Eliyahu M. Goldratt

Eliyahu M. Goldratt Quote: “The entire bottleneck concept is not geared to decrease operating expense, it’s focused on increasing throughput.”

13. “The entire bottleneck concept is not geared to decrease operating expense, it’s focused on increasing throughput.”

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Eliyahu M. Goldratt Quote: “What I’m telling you is, productivity is meaningless unless you know what your goal is,” he says.”

14. “What I’m telling you is, productivity is meaningless unless you know what your goal is,” he says.”

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Eliyahu M. Goldratt Quote: “I smile and start to count on my fingers: One, people are good. Two, every conflict can be removed. Three, every situation, no matter how complex it initially looks, is exceedingly simple. Four, every situation can be substantially improved; even the sky is not the limit. Five, every person can reach a full life. Six, there is always a win-win solution. Shall I continue to count?”

15. “I smile and start to count on my fingers: One, people are good. Two, every conflict can be removed. Three, every situation, no matter how complex it initially looks, is exceedingly simple. Four, every situation can be substantially improved; even the sky is not the limit. Five, every person can reach a full life. Six, there is always a win-win solution. Shall I continue to count?”

— Eliyahu M. Goldratt

Eliyahu M. Goldratt Quote: “What is the real goal? Nobody here has even asked anything that basic.”

16. “What is the real goal? Nobody here has even asked anything that basic.”

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Eliyahu M. Goldratt Quote: “The minute you supply a person with the answers, by that very action you block them, once and for all, from the opportunity of inventing those same answers for themselves. If you want to go on an ego trip, to show how smart you are, give the answers. But if what you want is action to be taken, then you must refrain from giving the answers.”

17. “The minute you supply a person with the answers, by that very action you block them, once and for all, from the opportunity of inventing those same answers for themselves. If you want to go on an ego trip, to show how smart you are, give the answers. But if what you want is action to be taken, then you must refrain from giving the answers.”

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Eliyahu M. Goldratt Quote: “In order to significantly increase sales we have to increase the perception of value of the market for our products.”

18. “In order to significantly increase sales we have to increase the perception of value of the market for our products.”

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Eliyahu M. Goldratt Quote: “What you have learned is that the capacity of the plant is equal to the capacity of its bottlenecks,” says Jonah.”

19. “What you have learned is that the capacity of the plant is equal to the capacity of its bottlenecks,” says Jonah.”

— Eliyahu M. Goldratt

Eliyahu M. Goldratt Quote: “Four: Too many wasteful ‘synchronization’ meetings interrupted the actual work.”

20. “Four: Too many wasteful ‘synchronization’ meetings interrupted the actual work.”

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Eliyahu M. Goldratt Quote: “Well, I don’t. Not absolutely. But adopting “making money’’ as the goal of a manufacturing organization looks like a pretty good assumption. Because, for one thing, there isn’t one item on that list that’s worth a damn if the company isn’t making money.”

21. “Well, I don’t. Not absolutely. But adopting “making money’’ as the goal of a manufacturing organization looks like a pretty good assumption. Because, for one thing, there isn’t one item on that list that’s worth a damn if the company isn’t making money.”

— Eliyahu M. Goldratt

Eliyahu M. Goldratt Quote: “They’re measurements which express the goal of making money perfectly well, but which also permit you to develop operational rules for running your plant,” he says. “There are three of them. Their names are throughput, inventory and operational expense.”

22. “They’re measurements which express the goal of making money perfectly well, but which also permit you to develop operational rules for running your plant,” he says. “There are three of them. Their names are throughput, inventory and operational expense.”

— Eliyahu M. Goldratt

Eliyahu M. Goldratt Quote: “Putting it precisely, activating a resource and utilizing a resource are not synonymous.”

23. “Putting it precisely, activating a resource and utilizing a resource are not synonymous.”

— Eliyahu M. Goldratt

Eliyahu M. Goldratt Quote: “Alex, the goal is not to reduce operational expense by itself. The goal is not to improve one measurement in isolation. The goal is to reduce operational expense and reduce inventory while simultaneously increasing throughput,” says Jonah.”

24. “Alex, the goal is not to reduce operational expense by itself. The goal is not to improve one measurement in isolation. The goal is to reduce operational expense and reduce inventory while simultaneously increasing throughput,” says Jonah.”

— Eliyahu M. Goldratt

Eliyahu M. Goldratt Quote: “Bob comes into the office with a smear of grease on his white shirt over the bulge of his beer gut, and he’s talking nonstop about what’s going on with the breakdown of the automatic testing machines. “Bob,” I tell him, “forget about that for now.”

25. “Bob comes into the office with a smear of grease on his white shirt over the bulge of his beer gut, and he’s talking nonstop about what’s going on with the breakdown of the automatic testing machines. “Bob,” I tell him, “forget about that for now.”

— Eliyahu M. Goldratt

Eliyahu M. Goldratt Quote: “I write down the three measurements which Lou and I agreed are central to knowing if the company is making money: net profit, ROI and cash flow.”

26. “I write down the three measurements which Lou and I agreed are central to knowing if the company is making money: net profit, ROI and cash flow.”

— Eliyahu M. Goldratt

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