The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement

by

Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox

Ethan Frost Character Analysis

Ethan Frost is Bill Peach’s division controller (chief accountant). Although Frost initially chastises Lou for abandoning traditional corporate metrics and devising his own, Lou eventually convinces Frost that the methods they use are deeply flawed. When Ethan Frost sees the revenue that Alex’s plant generates and listens to Lou’s explanations, he supports all of the innovations that Alex implements.

Ethan Frost Quotes in The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement

The The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement quotes below are all either spoken by Ethan Frost or refer to Ethan Frost. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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).
Chapter 5 Quotes

“…consistent parameters…essential to gain…matrix of advantage…extensive pre-profit recovery…operational indices…provide tangential proof…”

I have no idea what’s going on. Their words sound like a different language to me—not a foreign language, exactly, but a language I once knew and only vaguely now recall. The terms seem familiar to me, but now I’m not sure what they really mean. They’re just words.

You’re just playing a lot of games with numbers and words.

Related Characters: Alex Rogo (speaker), Jonah, Bill Peach, Ethan Frost, Eliyahu Goldratt
Page Number: 34
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Chapter 31 Quotes

“Hilton, this morning I asked you to sit in for me because we were meeting with Granby. Two months from now the three of us are moving up the ladder, to head the group. Granby left it to us to decide who will be the next manager of the division. I think that the three of us have decided. Congratulations Alex; you will be the one to replace me.”

Related Characters: Bill Peach (speaker), Alex Rogo , Hilton Smyth, Ethan Frost, Johnny Jons, J. Bart Granby III, Eliyahu Goldratt
Page Number: 262
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Ethan Frost Quotes in The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement

The The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement quotes below are all either spoken by Ethan Frost or refer to Ethan Frost. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
The Importance of Goal-Setting Theme Icon
).
Chapter 5 Quotes

“…consistent parameters…essential to gain…matrix of advantage…extensive pre-profit recovery…operational indices…provide tangential proof…”

I have no idea what’s going on. Their words sound like a different language to me—not a foreign language, exactly, but a language I once knew and only vaguely now recall. The terms seem familiar to me, but now I’m not sure what they really mean. They’re just words.

You’re just playing a lot of games with numbers and words.

Related Characters: Alex Rogo (speaker), Jonah, Bill Peach, Ethan Frost, Eliyahu Goldratt
Page Number: 34
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 31 Quotes

“Hilton, this morning I asked you to sit in for me because we were meeting with Granby. Two months from now the three of us are moving up the ladder, to head the group. Granby left it to us to decide who will be the next manager of the division. I think that the three of us have decided. Congratulations Alex; you will be the one to replace me.”

Related Characters: Bill Peach (speaker), Alex Rogo , Hilton Smyth, Ethan Frost, Johnny Jons, J. Bart Granby III, Eliyahu Goldratt
Page Number: 262
Explanation and Analysis: