1. What is the "goal?" 2. How does Jonah define productivity? How would a traditional factory define productivity? 3. What is a "Herbie?" 4. What are the three operational measures that Alex learns to use to increase profitability? What do the measurements have in common? How do they reflect an accounting system? 5. What is a balanced plant? Should every manager strive to achieve a balanced plant? 6. What is the drum-buffer-rope system? Discuss how you would implement the system in a factory and the importance of each component. 7. Do most factories have bottlenecks? How many bottlenecks should a manufacturing plant contain? 8. Provide at least three ways to increase the throughput at a bottleneck. 9. Is a plant where everyone/every machine is working all the time very efficient? How can a manager tell if a factory is violating the two rules of sub-optimization? 10. Why does Jonah make Alex learn through the Socratic method? Is the Socratic method the easiest and most efficient way for Alex to learn Jonah's principles? In what manner does our class use the Socratic method?