Isn't It Obvious?

This book provides a breakthrough solution for retailing, similar to Goldratts The Goal for manufacturing. It forces Caroline and Paul to make changes in their family's retail business, leading to a profitable, rapidly growing international enterprise. Eli Goldratts Theory of Constraints is woven throughout the book, and the reader and characters work together to discover solutions.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 232 pages
Publication date: 01 June 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book is a game-changer for the retail industry, just like Goldratts international bestseller, The Goal, did for manufacturing. When Caroline and Paul, a married couple working for their familys retail business, are forced to make a few small changes in their way of doing things, they discover a breakthrough solution that propels the familys regional chain of stores into a highly profitable, rapidly growing, international enterprise. If there is a hint of Jonah, from The Goal, reappearing in this novel, it is Henry, the soon-to-retire president and majority owner of the company, who logically states that if you do not deal directly with the core problem, do not expect significant improvement. Eli Goldratts Theory of Constraints is woven throughout this book, but answers are not handed to you. The reader and the characters in the book work together to discover solutions.

Dr. Goldratt addresses the core issues inherent in the retail industry, including:

The inability to forecast future demand accurately enough.
A very long supply time (often much longer than anyone thinks it is).
Retailers purchasing too few of some items and too many of others.
The way todays approach to logistics is forcing the inventory that is in the supply chain to be unavailable where and when it is needed.

The elegant but simple solutions provided in this book give the reader that sensation of Ah-ha! Now I get it! And thats when Goldratt says, "Isn't It Obvious?" This book is a must-read for anyone in the retail industry who wants to improve their business and achieve success on a global scale.

Weight: 302g
Dimension: 138 x 216 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032445168