Supply Chain Quotes – Sun Tzu, Eli Goldratt, Taiichi Ohno, Tom Peters, Colin Powell

Here are a few Supply Chain Quotes that people might find valuable

• “I say an hour lost at a bottleneck is an hour out of the entire system. I say an hour saved at a non-bottleneck is worthless. Bottlenecks govern both throughput and inventory.” ~Eliyahu M. Goldratt, The Goal
• “The supply chain is the backbone of the company.” ~Bill Gates
• “All we are doing is looking at the time line, from the moment the customer gives us an order to the point when we collect the cash. And we are reducing the time line by reducing the non-value adding wastes.” ~Taiichi Ohno
• “The supply chain is the heart of the company.” ~Michael Dell
• “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
• “The supply chain is the nerve center of the company.” ~Jeff Bezos
• “The line between disorder and order lies in logistics…” ~Sun Tzu
• “The supply chain is the most important thing you can focus on.” ~Steve Jobs
• “The supply chain is the lifeblood of the company.” ~Elon Musk
• “Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers who can cut through the argument debate and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.” ~Colin Powell

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