How to Succeed in your Supply Chain, Procurement and Operations Functions.

If you are involved with supply chain, procurement or operations this is a great video to watch.  Lots to learn and plenty of great information is shared.  For those not already following Dr. Marcell Vollmer on social media he is always sharing great information.

Supply Chain and Procurement Training

• Bullwhip Effect and Beer Game – Supply Chain
• Deming, Juran and Crosby Quality Philosophies
• Margaret Neale: Negotiation – Getting What You Want. Get a good deal.
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• Procurement with Blockchain? Machine Learning? Virtual Reality?
• Understanding Supply Networks as Complex Adaptive Systems
• Using Smart Contracts to Transform Supply Chain.
• 7 Tips for Successful Supplier Relationship Management

Supply Chain Quotes

• “Past supply chain automation efforts will pale in comparison to the automation coming with IoT and Artificial Intelligence.” ~Dave Waters.
• “Don’t be afraid to fail. Get out there and experiment and learn and fail and get a rate based on the experiences you have. Go for it and when you go for it you’ll learn what you’re capable of, what the potential is, where the opportunities are, but you can’t be afraid to fail because that’s when you learn.”  ~ Michael Dell.
• We care about every worker in our worldwide supply chain… What we will not do – and never have done – is stand still or turn a blind eye to problems in our supply chain. On this you have my word. ~Tim Cook, CEO of Apple and Supply Chain Expert. 
• “If a company isn’t continuously improving then it is slowly dying.” ~Dave Waters
• “For much of Toyota’s history, we have ensured the quality and reliability of our vehicles by placing a device called an andon cord on every production line – and empowering any team member to halt production if there’s an assembly problem. Only when the problem is resolved does the line begin to move again.” ~Akio Toyoda.