Supply Chain Training Resources

• Blockchain and the Internet of Things explained.
• Calculating Safety Stock: Protecting Against Stock Outs.
• CEO Videos.
• Dell Push-Pull Supply Chain Strategy. 9 min VIDEO, 20k views.
• Digital Supply Networks: The digital transformation.
• Distribution Center Conveyor System.
• Don’t let obstacles get in the way of your dreams. Rion Paige X FACTOR.
• Drone Racing League: The Sport of the Future.
• Future of the Digital Supply Chain.
• History of the Toyota Production System (TPS). Lean manufacturing.
• How Hot Dogs are made. 18.5 million views.
• How Orange Juice Is Made. Supply Chain of orange juice. 3.7 million views.
• GE Transportation: GE Supply Chain.
• IKEA’s Supply Chain.
• Introduction to Lean Manufacturing. 15 min VIDEO, 50k views.
• Kanban explained in 60 seconds. 11k views.
• Learn from great supply chain companies: Become a Supply Chain MVP.
• Mastering The Fourth Industrial Revolution.
• Robot army helps run warehouses. 12k views.
• Six Sigma In Plain English.
• Supplier Relationship Management Best Practices with David Wohler.
• The Bullwhip Effect 101. 5 min video, 16k views.
• The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt – A Book Review.
• The Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of All-Time. 9 min video, 23k views.
• Total Quality Management: Deming Way.
• Tribute to Steve Jobs Think Different. 1.2 million views.
• Understanding and Optimizing Inventory in Supply Chains.
• UPS Tests Residential Delivery Via Drone.
• Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI): Three Keys to Success.
• Warren Buffett: Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Changed The World In A Big Way.
• Winning supply-chain technologies: The impact of technology.
• Worries for the Apple Supply Chain 2017.
• What is Logistics Management? Definition & Importance in Supply Chain.
• What They Don’t Teach in Business School about Entrepreneurship. 420k views.

Continuous Improvement Quotes

• “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” ~ Colin Powell
• “A corporation is a living organism; it has to continue to shed its skin. Methods have to change. Focus has to change. Values have to change. The sum total of those changes is transformation.” ~ Andrew Grove, former CEO of Intel.
• “The world we have created is a product of our thinking; it cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” ~ Albert Einstein
• “Improvement usually means doing something that we have never done before.” ~ Shigeo Shingo
• “The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.” ~ Bill Gates

• “Observing many companies in action, I am unable to point to a single instance in which stunning results were gotten without the active and personal leadership of the upper managers.” ~ Joseph M. Juran
• “Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.” ~ Benjamin Franklin
• “Excellent firms don’t believe in excellence – only in constant improvement and constant change.” ~ Tom Peters
• “An organization’s ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.” ~ Jack Welch, former CEO of GE.  
• “The system is that there is no system. That doesn’t mean we don’t have process. Apple is a very disciplined company, and we have great processes. But that’s not what it’s about. Process makes you more efficient.” ~ Steve Jobs, former CEO of Apple.
• “There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.” ~ Sam Walton, former CEO of Walmart.