R‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‍eport on the Goal – The Goal is an entertaining business no

R‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‍eport on the Goal – The Goal is an entertaining business novel that will help you to develop some basic problem-solving skills that are useful not only in operations, but also in general management as well. It is recommended that you read it twice: once at the beginning of the semester to give you a taste for what is to come, and once at the end of the semester to tie everything together. The report should be at the most three pages on The Goal, but make sure you answer the questions listed in the report assignment. Report on The Goal Assignment: By reading The Goal, you have learned important concepts and problem-solving skills that are useful not only in operations, but also in general man‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‍agement as well. Your assignment is to write a report (essay) describing those things you have leaned from the book. The report should be no more than three pages and should be organized around answering the following questions: 1. Provide definitions of throughput, inventory and operational expense given in The Goal. How do they compare with traditional definitions? Do you find them useful? Why? 2. Provide another real-life example to describe the phenomena of “dependent events” and “statistical fluctuations”. 3. What production scheduling principles are discussed in The Goal? 4. Explain the pitfalls, as discussed in The Goal, of using accounting data to make decisions in manuf‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‍acturing.