Logistics and Supply Chain Quotes

An assortment of logistics and supply chain Quotes.  Includes quotes from the CEOs of Amazon, Apple, General Motors, Tesla. And Walmart.

“Those in supply chain know the impossible is possible.” ~SupplyChainToday.com

“Where there is no standard there can be no Kaizen.” ~Taiichi Ohno, father of the Toyota Production System

“The supply chain stuff is really tricky.” ~Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX

“Self-driving vehicles automatically choosing the most efficient route…  Artificial intelligence will dramatically improve logistics.” ~Dave Waters

“You will not find it difficult to prove battles, campaigns, and even wars have been won or lost primarily because of logistics.” ~Dwight D. Eisenhower

“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, Apple CEO

“The key with autonomous is the whole ecosystem.  One of the keys to having truly fully autonomous is vehicles talking to each other.” ~Mary Barra, CEO of   General Motors

Integration of the following technologies will revolutionize supply chain: IoT, big data, blockchain, 3D printing, artificial intelligence, and augmented reality.” ~EverythingSupplyChain.com

“First, we will be a customer-driven company.  We’ve always said the customer is our boss and we’ll make decisions based on how we can serve them better.” ~Don McMillon,  CEO of Walmart

“Today’s leading real-world retailer, Wal-Mart, uses software to power its logistics and distribution capabilities, which it has used to crush its competition.”  ~Mark Andreesen, co-founder of Netscape and entrepreneur.

“If we are a good team and know what we want to do, one of us can defeat ten of them.” ~Jack Ma, CEO Alibaba.

• “You don’t want to negotiate the price of simple things you buy everyday.” ~Jeff Bezos, Supply Chain Innovator.
• “If you think of standardization as the best that you know today, but which is to be improved tomorrow; you get somewhere.” ~Henry Ford, founder Ford Motor Company
• “Eighty-five percent of the reasons for failure are deficiencies in the systems and process rather than the employee. The role of management is to change the process rather than badgering individuals to do better.” ~W. Edwards Deming
• “One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is to invent your way out.” ~Jeff Bezos, CEO Amazon
• “Put a good person in a bad system and the bad system wins, no contest.” ~W. Edwards Deming
• “Why not make the work easier and more interesting so that people do not have to sweat? The Toyota style is not to create results by working hard. It is a system that says there is no limit to people’s creativity. People don’t go to Toyota to ‘work’ they go there to ‘think’” ~Taiichi Ohno

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