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
Top Supply Chain Innovators and Pioneers.
Amazon uses AI to deliver orders even faster.
Known for Supply Chain: Amazon, Apple, Walmart, Toyota.
Apple Supply Chain
History of Tim Cook: CEO of Apple Inc.
Microsoft vs. Apple: Satya Nadella Says AI-Focused Copilot+ PCs Beat Macs.
Apple CEO Tim Cook: No Supply Chain More Critical Than China.
Artificial Intelligence
AI Revolution Documentary.
Elon Musk: Neuralink, Human Trials and Humanity
First Neuralink Human Brain Implant: Science Fiction is Real.
Automation (Supply Chain)
10 Ways Autonomous Vehicles Improve Logistics.
The Tesla Global Supply Chain!
Will Robots and Artificial Intelligence replace Human jobs by 2030?
Business Strategy
Finding Your Company’s Core Competencies
What is a PEST Analysis (PESTLE).
Book Summary of “Good to Great” Applied to Supply Chain.
CEO Advice
Continuous Improvement
Porter’s 5 Forces That Make Companies Successful
Gemba Walk: the Path to Continuous Improvement
Top 10 Continuous Improvement Methods.
Distribution, Fulfillment, Inventory
Will Amazon Replace Workers with Digit Robot?
Third Party Logistics (3PL) – Cheat Sheet.
Top 20 Supply Chain Terms to Know – Cheat Sheet.
Industry 4.0
Blockchain Expert Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty
Future of Manufacturing: Industry 4.0 & Smart Manufacturing.
Artificial Intelligence Supply Chain Innovation.
Last Mile Delivery/Drones
Amazon Same Day Delivery Strategy.
Target Supply Chain Strategy to Beat Amazon and Walmart’s Fast Delivery.
The Best Drone Quotes.
Lean Manufacturing
The Kaizen Way: ONE SMALL STEP CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE
Lean Manufacturing – Pull Systems
How Toyota used its Supply Chain Model to beat FORD & GM.
Logistics
Stretch the Robot Unloading Trucks and Sorting Packages.
How Generative AI is Speeding Up Amazon Delivery.
10 Ways Autonomous Vehicles Improve Logistics.
Manufacturing
The Best 3D Printing Quotes.
Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing – High-level Introduction to AI.
Future of Manufacturing: Industry 4.0 & Smart Manufacturing.
Quotes
Robots (Advanced)
Does “I, Robot” Predict our Future? AI Becomes Self Aware.
Atlas vs Optimus: Boston Dynamics & Tesla’s Humanoid Robots.
Why Nvidia, Tesla, Amazon And More Are Betting Big On AI Humanoid Robots
Self Driving and Autonomous Vehicles
Autonomous car safety. What are the risks?
Caterpillar: Making Autonomous Vehicles a Reality
What is the Future of Self Driving Cars?
Strategy and Planning
Finding Your Company’s Core Competencies
What is a PEST Analysis (PESTLE).
Book Summary of “Good to Great” Applied to Supply Chain.
Supplier Management/Procurement
Procurement vs Purchasing – Cheat Sheet.
How To Get What You Want Every Time: ex FBI agent Chris Voss.
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) – Cheat Sheet.
Tesla Supply Chain
Tesla CEO Elon Musk Quotes
The Tesla Global Supply Chain!
Pepsi Reveals Tesla Semi Efficiency is Better Than Official Claims.
Toyota Supply Chain
Lean Manufacturing | A pursuit of perfection.
Toyota Production System Jidoka: Stopping Production, a Call Button and Andon.
Toyota vs Tesla – Supply Chain
Trucking
What Makes U.S. Shipping So Difficult.
World’s Largest TRUCKS & TRAILERS
Trucking Quotes – Motivation and Humor.
Walmart Supply Chain
Why Walmart has a Great Supply Chain.
Walmart Grocery Business Is Beating Everyone.
Known for Supply Chain: Amazon, Apple, Walmart, Toyota.
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