“What's unique about transportation is that it's the one function that repeats itself throughout the supply chain.” UniqueFunctionChainsRepeatsUniquenessTransportationSupply Chain Author:John Murphy
“Today, no one would dispute that information technology has become the backbone of commerce. It underpins the operations of individual companies, ties together far-flung supply chains, and, increasingly, links businesses to the customers they serve. Hardly a dollar or a euro changes hands anymore without the aid of computer systems.” HandsTodayTogetherIndividualCompanyTechnologyInformationComputerDollarsCustomersAidsChainsOperationsTiesLinksCommerceDisputesBackboneInformation TechnologyEuroSupply ChainComputer Systems Author:Nicholas G. Carr
“Globalization has taken a hit in that there is some sand in the gears because most of us have supply chains that are all over the world that we've had to lengthen.” WorldTakenChainsSandGlobalizationGearsSupply Chain Author:Jack Welch
“It's hard to see any institutional structure that stands in the way of the homogenization and simplification of these supply chains in international capitalism, unless it is the nation state.” WayHardStatesNationsCapitalismStructureInternationalChainsSimplificationSupply Chain Author:James C. Scott
“International inspectors are on the ground and Iran is being subjected to the most comprehensive, intrusive inspection regime ever negotiated to monitor a nuclear program. Inspectors will monitor Iran's key nuclear facilities 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. For decades to come, inspectors will have access to Iran's entire nuclear supply chain. In other words, if Iran tries to cheat - if they try to find build a bomb covertly, we will catch them.” IfsTryingYearsHoursKeysProgramInternationalDecadesAccessNuclearChainsBombsIranRegimesCheatFacilityComprehensiveInspectionInspectorsSupply Chain Author:Barack Obama
“There are lots of small businesses in Britain that have a pretty tough time but many of them are also parts of supply chains, the leave side roll out JCB but that's one company, all the experts are saying the economy would take a big hit if we came out of the EU.” IfsBigsSidesCompanyEconomyToughChainsExpertsBritainSmall BusinessTough TimesSupply Chain Author:Frances O'Grady
“Slavery takes so many forms, as it is interwoven within legal industries and is embedded into the supply chain.” FormIndustrySlaveryChainsEmbeddedSupply Chain Author:David Batstone
“The product supply chain, from source material to store, is an organizing map for delivering human rights.” HumansRightsMaterialsProductsSourceHuman RightsStoresChainsMapsDeliveringSupply Chain Author:Julia Ormond
“Globalization is a fact, because of technology, because of an integrated global supply chain, because of changes in transportation. And we're not going to be able to build a wall around that.” FactsAbleTechnologyWallChainsGlobalizationTransportationIntegratedSupply Chain Author:Barack Obama
“People can buy the kind of things they consider as normal and take for granted because of globalization and trade and use of supply chains and the reduction of the cost base of the manufacturing of some products.” PeopleKindUseProductsCostNormalTradeChainsGrantedGlobalizationManufacturingReductionSupply Chain Author:Christine Lagarde
“In a global economy where our economies and supply chains are deeply integrated, it's not even possible.” EconomyChainsIntegratedGlobal EconomySupply Chain Author:Barack Obama
“I think when you're governing, it will become increasingly apparent that if you were to just eliminate trade deals with Mexico, for example, well, you've got a global supply chain. The parts that are allowing auto plants that were about to shut down to now employ double shifts is because they're bringing in some of those parts to assemble out of Mexico. And so it's not as simple as it might have seemed.” IfsThinkingWellsMightSimpleDealsExampleTradePlantChainsAllowingMexicoGoverningSupply Chain Author:Barack Obama
“Flexible supply chains are great for multinationals and consumers. But they erode already thin profit margins in developing-world factories and foster a pell-mell work environment in which getting the order out the door is the only thing that matters.” WorldMatterOrderEnvironmentDoorsProfitChainsDevelopingConsumersFactoriesFlexibleMarginsThings That MatterErodeMultinationalsSupply ChainWork EnvironmentOnly Thing That MattersProfit Margin Author:James Surowiecki
“Combating climate change is absolutely critical to the future of our company,Green Cooler customers, consumers-and our world. I believe all of us need to take action now. PepsiCo has already taken actions in our operations and throughout our supply chain to 'future- proof' our company-all of which deliver real cost savings, mitigate risk, protect our license to operate, and create resilience in our supply chain.” WorldNeedsBelieveRealActionI BelieveCompanyTakenRiskCostProtectGreenClimateClimate ChangeCriticalCustomersResilienceProofChainsSavingConsumersOperationsOur WorldLicenseSavingsSupply ChainAlready TakenCost Savings Author:Indra Nooyi
“Cutting carbon in the supply chain is the next critical stage in the business contribution to reduce carbon emissions to tackle climate change and, represents a significant commercial opportunity.” NextOpportunityBusinessCuttingStageEconomicsManagementClimateClimate ChangeCriticalSignificantChainsContributionCarbonEmissionsSupply ChainCarbon Emissions Author:Tom DeLay
“Sustainability at Nike means being laser-focused on evolving our business model to deliver profitable growth while leveraging the efficiencies of lean manufacturing, minimizing our environmental impact and using the tools available to us to bring about positive change across our entire supply chain.” MeanGrowthModelsToolsImpactEnvironmentalAvailableFocusedChainsEvolveSustainabilityEfficiencyProfitableOur EnvironmentManufacturingPositive ChangeBusiness ModelsLasersNikeSupply ChainMinimizingLean ManufacturingEnvironmental Impact Author:Mark Parker
“Fact is, the work place to a great extent is "where we live." We need star accountants. Boffo saleswomen. Over-the-top creatives in marketing and new product development. And so on. But, since we're effectively talking about "where we live," good sense and good business and "good" engagement throughout the "supply chain," from vendor's vendor to customer's customer, we would benefit mightily-including on the P & L-if we insisted (!) on: "Pleasant." "Caring." "Engaged."” IfsNeedsFactsStarsTalkingProductsDevelopmentBenefitsIncludingMarketingCaringCustomersChainsEngagedPleasantEngagementWorkplaceGood SenseAccountantsOver The TopGood BusinessNew ProductsSupply ChainVendorsWork PlaceProduct Development Author:Tom Peters
“Supply chains cannot tolerate even 24 hours of disruption. So if you lose your place in the supply chain because of wild behavior you could lose a lot. It would be like pouring cement down one of your oil wells.” IfsWellsWould BeHoursLosesBehaviorOilChainsTiesToleratePouringDisruptionCementSupply Chain Author:Thomas Friedman
“But that's not enough: To maintain energy security, one needs a supply system that provides a buffer against shocks. It needs large, flexible markets. And it's important to acknowledge the fact that the entire energy supply chain needs to be protected.” NeedsImportantEnoughFactsEnergySecurityChainsAcknowledgeTiesShockProtectedFlexibleSupply ChainEnergy Security Author:Daniel Yergin
“When you went into a Boston Chicken and ordered quarter-chicken, white, with mash and corn, when that was rung up, that would signal all the way along the supply chain the need for more potatoes to be put on a truck a thousand miles away.” WayNeedsWhiteThousandMilesChainsChickensQuartersSignalsTruckPotatoesBostonCornMiles AwayThousand MilesSupply Chain Author:Stephen Elop
“The TMS is evolving into a logistics platform that can handle all nodes, all geographies and all transportation nodes. It's already talking to other applications in the supply chain, like warehouse management, order management and ERP systems. By adding underlying algorithms, a TMS can now understand the relationship between the cost of inventory and the cost of transportation and come up with an optimal solution to answer those questions.” OrderAnswersTalkingCostSolutionsManagementCome UpHandleChainsEvolveApplicationPlatformsGeographyTransportationAlgorithmsInventoryOptimalWarehouseLogisticsSupply Chain Author:John Murphy
“We live in such a service-based, globalised economy where very few people actually make anything and the people who do make stuff... it's all part of a massive global supply chain. So what if all those chains were suddenly cut, how would you make something? How would you keep people alive? And that was something I wanted to explore.” PeopleIfsWantedStuffEconomyCuttingAliveChainsWhat IfMassiveSupply Chain Author:Max Brooks
“Ben & Jerry's evolved into what it is doing and is trying to transition its supply chain, but this is essentially retrofitting. In the social enterprise movement, we see companies whose essence, the products they make, the reason they exist from day one, is because these people see something out in the world that they cannot accept.” PeopleWorldTryingReasonSocialCompanyAcceptingMovementProductsEssenceChainsEnterpriseTransitionJerrySupply Chain Author:Jerry Greenfield