Supply Chain, Logistics and Business Quotes

“Those in supply chain know the impossible is possible.” ~Dave Waters

“Logistics is the art of making sure the right thing is in the right place at the right time.” ~Frederick W. Smith, Founder and CEO of FedEx

“One of the first areas artificial intelligence will take many jobs is transportation.  Bus drivers, truckers, taxicab drivers…. need to start thinking about new careers.” ~Dave Waters

“The supply chain is like a symphony. Everyone has their own part to play, and if one person is out of tune, the whole thing falls apart.” ~Michael Seibel, Founder and CEO of Y Combinator

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” ~President John Quincy Adams

“The supply chain is the heartbeat of any business.” ~Gary Hamel, Management Consultant

“When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this: you haven’t.” ~Thomas Edison

“Supply chain management is the key to competitive advantage.” ~Michael Porter, Harvard Business School Professor

“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” ~Winston Churchill

“Supply chains are everywhere.  From the biggest company in the world to running your household.  We all have SCM experience even if we don’t know it.”  ~Dave Waters.

“What you are will show in what you do.” ~Thomas Edison

“Standards should not be forced down from above but rather set by the production workers themselves.” ~Taiichi Ohno

“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” ~Albert Einstein

“The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” ~Steve Jobs

“The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things.  He is the one that gets people to do the greatest things.” ~Ronald Reagan

“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” ~Babe Ruth

“Make inventory a common enemy of your company.” ~Dave Waters

• “It is impossible to improve any process until it is standardized. If the process is shifting from here to there, then any improvement will just be one more variation that is occasionally used and mostly ignored. One must standardize, and thus stabilize the process, before continuous improvement can be made.”  ~Masaaki Imai.
• “When Henry Ford made cheap, reliable cars, people said ‘Nah, what’s wrong with a horse?’  Thta was a huge bet he made, and it worked.” ~Elon Musk
• “With the metaverse we are transitioning from viewing a 2D world looking at the Internet to living inside the Internet in a 3D world.” ~Dave Waters
• “Leaders win through logistics. Vision, sure. Strategy, yes. But when you go to war, you need to have both toilet paper and bullets at the right place at the right time. In other words, you must win through superior logistics.” ~Tom Peters.
• “Without logistics the world stops.” ~Dave Waters

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