High Output Management Chapter 1
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Jan 1, 1970 
Andrew S. Grove, former Intel CEO and management author, uses a breakfast factory to explain production goals, throughput, and the limiting step concept. He shows how to schedule steps for synchronous delivery and applies production thinking to recruiting and admin work. Topics include capacity, queues, inventory trade-offs, inspection strategy, and daily indicators for running a factory.
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Core Dimensions Of High Output
- High output management centers on decision-making, resource use, and assessing subordinates accurately.
- Andrew S. Grove frames management as allocating scarce resources, especially your own time.
The Breakfast Factory Example
- Grove uses his waiter experience to illustrate preparing a three-minute egg, toast, and coffee together.
- The breakfast factory example shows how production constraints shape scheduling and delivery.
Plan Around The Limiting Step
- Build your process around the limiting step—the operation that takes the longest or is most critical.
- Stagger earlier and later steps by offsetting them so all components finish simultaneously.
