UPS trucks never turn left

Find out why UPS trucks never turn left.  Senior VP Bob Stoffel explains how a policy of only making right turns saves the company both time and money.  Great story on why UPS is one of the great supply chain companies.

Quotes

• “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
• “If you don’t pay appropriate attention to what has your attention, it will take more of your attention than it deserves.”  ~ David Allen
• “Every day we are paying more for energy than we should due to poor insulation, inefficient lights, appliances, and heating and cooling equipment – money we could save by investing in energy efficiency.” ~ Bernie Sanders
• “A particular shot or way of moving the ball can be a player’s personal signature, but #efficiency of performance is what wins the game for the team.” ~ Pat Riley
• “Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn’t at all. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it, so go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because remember that’s where you will find success.” ~ Thomas Watson
• “Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage.” ~ Jawaharlal Nehru
• “Action is the foundational key to all success.” ~ Pablo Picasso
• “There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.” ~ Peter F. Drucker
• “Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.” ~ Stephen Covey

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