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> [“Inventory is all the money that the system has invested in purchasing things which it intends to sell.” I”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliyahu-m-goldratt/inventory-is-all-the-money-that-the-system-has-invested-in-purchasing/)

[Eliyahu M. Goldratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliyahu-m-goldratt/)

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## More by Eliyahu M. Goldratt

> [“More importantly, our software worked. I don't just mean that it didn't bump, or that it performed according to the written specifications, or that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliyahu-m-goldratt/more-importantly-our-software-worked-i-don-t-just-mean-that-it-didn-t/)

[Eliyahu M. Goldratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliyahu-m-goldratt/)

> [“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,”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliyahu-m-goldratt/they-re-measurements-which-express-the-goal-of-making-money-perfectly/)

[Eliyahu M. Goldratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliyahu-m-goldratt/)

> [“The entire bottleneck concept is not geared to decrease operating expense, it’s focused on increasing throughput.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliyahu-m-goldratt/the-entire-bottleneck-concept-is-not-geared-to-decrease-operating/)

[Eliyahu M. Goldratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliyahu-m-goldratt/)

> [“I write down the three measurements which Lou and I agreed are central to knowing if the company is making money: net profit, ROI…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliyahu-m-goldratt/i-write-down-the-three-measurements-which-lou-and-i-agreed-are/)

[Eliyahu M. Goldratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliyahu-m-goldratt/)

> [“Operational expense,” he says. “Operational expense is all the money the system spends in order to turn inventory into throughput.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliyahu-m-goldratt/operational-expense-he-says-operational-expense-is-all-the-money-the/)

[Eliyahu M. Goldratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliyahu-m-goldratt/)

> [“any doubt what goes on. I’m puzzling over how to do this when”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliyahu-m-goldratt/any-doubt-what-goes-on-i-m-puzzling-over-how-to-do-this-when/)

[Eliyahu M. Goldratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliyahu-m-goldratt/)

> [If you don't manufacture a quality product all you've got at the end is a bunch of expensive mistakes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliyahu-m-goldratt/if-you-don-t-manufacture-a-quality-product-all-you-ve-got-at-the-end/)

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> [Why not make the work easier and more interesting so that people do not have to sweat? The Toyota style is not to create…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliyahu-m-goldratt/why-not-make-the-work-easier-and-more-interesting-so-that-people-do/)

[Eliyahu M. Goldratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliyahu-m-goldratt/)

> [The goal is not to improve one measurement in isolation. The goal is to reduce operational expenses AND reduce inventories and increase throughput simultaneously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliyahu-m-goldratt/the-goal-is-not-to-improve-one-measurement-in-isolation-the-goal-is/)

[Eliyahu M. Goldratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliyahu-m-goldratt/)

> [“What we know now,” I tell him, “is that we shouldn’t be looking at each local area and trying to trim it. We should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliyahu-m-goldratt/what-we-know-now-i-tell-him-is-that-we-shouldn-t-be-looking-at-each/)

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> [“What you’re saying is that making an employee work and profiting from that work are two different things.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliyahu-m-goldratt/what-you-re-saying-is-that-making-an-employee-work-and-profiting-from/)

[Eliyahu M. Goldratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliyahu-m-goldratt/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliyahu-m-goldratt/i-say-an-hour-lost-at-a-bottleneck-is-an-hour-out-of-the-entire/)

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> [“Inventory is all the money that the system has invested in purchasing things which it intends to sell.” I”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliyahu-m-goldratt/inventory-is-all-the-money-that-the-system-has-invested-in-purchasing/)

[Eliyahu M. Goldratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliyahu-m-goldratt/)

> [“Henry Ford achieved the highest throughput per worker of any car manufacturing company of his time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliyahu-m-goldratt/henry-ford-achieved-the-highest-throughput-per-worker-of-any-car/)

[Eliyahu M. Goldratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliyahu-m-goldratt/)

> [Never let something important become urgent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliyahu-m-goldratt/never-let-something-important-become-urgent/)

[Eliyahu M. Goldratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliyahu-m-goldratt/)

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