Table of Contents – Supply Chain Resources and Business Information.
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- Amazon Supply Chain
- Apple Supply Chain
- Artificial Intelligence
- Automation
- CEO Advice
- Continuous Improvement
- Distribution, Fulfillment, Inventory
- Industry 4.0
- Last Mile Delivery/Drones
- Lean Manufacturing
- Logistics
- Manufacturing
- Robots
- Self Driving and Autonomous Vehicles
- Strategy and Planning
- Supplier Management/Procurement
- Tesla Supply Chain
- Toyota Supply Chain
- Trucking
- Walmart Supply Chain
Amazon Supply Chain
Amazon’s New Robotic Fulfillment Center Streamlines the Delivery Process.
Amazon and Walmart Supply Chain Similarities.
How Generative AI is Speeding Up Amazon Delivery.
Apple Supply Chain
Apple CEO Tim Cook Quotes
Apple’s Global Supply Chain Management Lessons from Steve Jobs | iPhone Logistics.
Apple CEO Tim Cook Interview: Lessons from Steve Jobs, Education & Staying Calm.
Artificial Intelligence
Palantir Technologies – Cheat Sheet.
Quantum Computing Quotes by Top Minds.
Ways Artificial Intelligence (AI) Innovates Supply Chain.
Automation (Supply Chain)
Future of Manufacturing: Industry 4.0 & Smart Manufacturing.
Amazon’s New Robotic Fulfillment Center Streamlines the Delivery Process.
How Walmart Is Automating Its Supply Chain for Delivery.
Business Strategy
Book Summary of “Good to Great” Applied to Supply Chain.
A Plan Is Not a Strategy – Harvard Business Review.
Porter’s 5 Forces That Make Companies Successful
CEO Advice
Book Summary of “Good to Great” Applied to Supply Chain.
Apple CEO Tim Cook Quotes
“YOU CAN ALSO BE GREAT” – Elon Musk Motivation
Continuous Improvement
Lean Manufacturing Explained Simply.
Top 10 Skills Needed For the Future of Work.
Elon Musk and First Principles Thinking.
Distribution, Fulfillment, Inventory
The Bullwhip Effect – Cheat Sheet.
Tesla Optimus VS Amazon Digit (Significant Upgrades).
Stretch the Robot Unloading Trucks and Sorting Packages.
Industry 4.0
Future of Manufacturing: Industry 4.0 & Smart Manufacturing.
Blockchain for Supply Chain – Cheat Sheet.
What is blockchain? – Supply Chain Today
Last Mile Delivery/Drones
How Walmart Is Automating Its Supply Chain for Delivery.
Amazon uses AI to deliver orders even faster.
What is Reverse Logistics?
Lean Manufacturing
Lean Manufacturing Explained Simply.
Gemba Walk: the Path to Continuous Improvement
Top 10 Continuous Improvement Methods.
Logistics
How Walmart Is Automating Its Supply Chain for Delivery.
The Bullwhip Effect – Cheat Sheet.
Tesla Optimus VS Amazon Digit (Significant Upgrades).
Manufacturing
Future of Manufacturing: Industry 4.0 & Smart Manufacturing.
Lean Manufacturing Explained Simply.
How Additive Manufacturing is Transforming Supply Chain.
Quotes
Robots (Advanced)
Atlas vs Optimus: Boston Dynamics & Tesla’s Humanoid Robots.
9 Humanoid Robots That Are Shaping the Future of Work
Watch Ameca the humanoid robot in its FIRST public demo.
Self Driving and Autonomous Vehicles
Quotes and Training about Self-Driving Cars
Guide to Artificial Intelligence for Executives
Tesla as the World’s Biggest Robot Company.
Strategy and Planning
Book Summary of “Good to Great” Applied to Supply Chain.
A Plan Is Not a Strategy – Harvard Business Review.
Porter’s 5 Forces That Make Companies Successful
Supplier Management/Procurement
Placing a Purchase Order (PO) – Cheat Sheet.
Best Ways to Increase Your Salary – Cheat Sheet.
Top 10 Purchasing Mistakes – Cheat Sheet.
Tesla Supply Chain
The Tesla Global Supply Chain!
Quotes and Training about Self-Driving Cars
“YOU CAN ALSO BE GREAT” – Elon Musk Motivation
Toyota Supply Chain
Toyota Truck Factory Production In U.S. (Tacoma and Tundra).
Known for Supply Chain: Amazon, Apple, Walmart, Toyota.
How Toyota used its Supply Chain Model to beat FORD & GM.
Trucking
The Future of Trucking, Transportation and Life in 2050.
Pepsi Reveals Tesla Semi Efficiency is Better Than Official Claims.
Third Party Logistics (3PL) – Cheat Sheet.
Walmart Supply Chain
How Walmart Is Automating Its Supply Chain for Delivery.
Amazon and Walmart Supply Chain Similarities.
Top Retail Companies Known for Supply Chain.
Supply Chain and Logistics Quotes
- “If you don’t understand how to run an efficient operation, new machinery will just give you new problems of operation and maintenance. The sure way to increase productivity is to better administrate man and machine.” ~W. Edwards Deming
- “I can’t say it enough that learning how to learn is one of the greatest skills anyone can have.” ~Mark Cuban.
- “Many people think that Lean is about cutting heads, reducing the work force or cutting inventory. Lean is really a growth strategy. It is about gaining market share and being prepared to enter in or create new markets.” ~Ernie Smith
- “Supply Chain is like nature, it is all around us.” ~Dave Waters
- “Because of my wartime experience, I am insistent on the point that logistics know-how must be maintained, that logistic is second to nothing in importance in warfare, that logistic training must be widespread and thorough.” ~ADM Robert B. Carney, USN.
- “If you’re not willing to fail – and we are failing at some things – you’re going to go away. Retailers come and go. It’s really simple: If you’re not meeting the wants and needs of the customer, you’re done.” ~Doug McMillon, Walmart’s CEO.
- “Self-driving vehicles, automatically choosing the most efficient route… Artificial Intelligence will dramatically improve logistics.” ~Dave Waters
- “Today, computing mainly automates things for you, but when we connect all these things, you can truly start assisting people in a more meaningful way. If I go and pick up my kids, it would be good for my car to be aware that my kids have entered the car and change the music to something that’s appropriate for them.” ~Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google