Supply Chain & Logistics Quotes

Supply Chain & Logistics Quotes by great business leaders.

“Eighty-five percent of the reasons for failure are deficiencies in the systems and process rather than the employee. The role of management is to change the process rather than badgering individuals to do better.” ~W. Edwards Deming

“Quality is free. It’s not a gift, but it’s free. The ‘unquality’ things are what cost money.” ~ Phil Crosby

“What gets measured gets improved.” ~Peter Drucker

“Why not make the work easier and more interesting so that people do not have to sweat? The Toyota style is not to create results by working hard. It is a system that says there is no limit to people’s creativity. People don’t go to Toyota to ‘work’ they go there to ‘think’” ~Taiichi Ohno, father of the Toyota Production System

“Focus on the lowest total cost of ownership not the lowest price.” ~EverythingSupplyChain.com

“Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.” ~John F. Kennedy

“An hour saved at the non-bottleneck is a mirage.” ~Eliyahu M. Goldratt, The Goal

“Where there is no Standard there can be no Kaizen.” ~Taiichi Ohno

“I have always been driven to buck the system, to innovate, to take things beyond where they’ve been.” ~Sam Walton

“Pay attention to negative feedback and solicit it, particularly from friends.  Hardly anyone does that, and it’s incredibly helpful.” ~Elon Musk

“Blockchain is a key technology in the digital supply chain.” ~EverythingSupplyChain.

“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 lol through superior logistics.” ~ Tom Peters

“Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability…. We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.” ~ Thomas Edison

“Every breakthrough business idea begins with solving a common problem. The bigger the problem, the bigger the opportunity. I discovered a big one when I took apart an IBM PC. I made two interesting discoveries: The components were all manufactured by other companies, and the system that retailed for $3,000 cost about $600 in parts.” ~Michael Dell

“Supply Chain is like nature, it is all around us.” ~Dave Waters

“1. Increase Visibility. 2. Reduce Variability. These two activities encompass all layers of supply chain management.” ~SupplyChainToday.com.

“You will not find it difficult to prove battles, campaigns, and even wars have been won or lost primarily because of logistics.” ~Dwight D. Eisenhower

“Without data, you’re just another person with an opinion.” ~W. Edwards Deming

“At Wal-Mart, it goes back to Sam Walton and the foundation and business model that we simply operate for less, or everyday low cost. We’re known for operating in a very efficient way and then giving those savings to customers.” ~Mike Duke

“Without change there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable.” ~William Pollard

“Innovation comes from saying no to 1,000 things.” ~Steve Jobs

”Game changers for supply chain automation, artificial intelligence, big data, 3D printing, IoT, predictive analytics, Blockchain.” ~ SupplyChainToday.com

“If you make customers unhappy in the physical world, they might each tell 6 friends. If you make customers unhappy on the Internet, they can each tell 6,000 friends.” ~Jeff Bezos

“We care about every worker in our worldwide supply chain… what we will not do – and never have done – is stand still or turn a blind eye to problems in our supply chain.  On this you have my word.” ~Tim Cook, Apple CEO

“A relentless barrage of “why’s” is the best way to prepare your mind to pierce the clouded veil of thinking caused by the status quo. Use it often.” ~Shigeo Shingo

“Great companies understand the strategic importance of Supply Chain and want people with Supply Chain experience in the c-suite.” ~EverythingSupplyChain.com

“Machine learning and deep learning are emerging technologies that will completely change supply chain automation. ~SupplyChainToday.com.

”Progress can not be generated when we are satisfied with existing situations.” ~ Taiichi Ohno, father of the Toyota Production System

“Action is the foundational key to all success.” ~Pablo Picasso

“Companies that get confused, that think their goal is revenue or stock price or something. You have to focus on the things that lead to those.” ~Tim Cook, Apple CEO

“The digital supply chain has the potential to completely change supply chain. However, do your due diligence before rushing in.” ~EverythingSupplyChain.com.

“Don’t let the digital supply chain scare you. Big Data, IoT, Cloud, AI, Drones and Deep Learning are just ways to improve the supply chain.” ~SupplyChainToday.com.

“It always seems impossible until it is done.” ~Nelson Mandela

“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” ~Socrates

Integration of the following technologies will revolutionize supply chain: IoT, big data, blockchain, 3D printing, artificial intelligence, and augmented reality.” ~EverythingSupplyChain.com

“Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black.” ~Henry Ford

“I didn’t see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me.  The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything.  It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.”  ~ Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple

“Self-driving vehicles automatically choosing the most efficient route…  Artificial intelligence will dramatically improve logistics.” ~Dave Waters

“Keep Calm and call the Supply Chain guy.” ~EverythingSupplyChain.com

“He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.” ~Muhammad Ali

“First, we will be a customer-driven company.  We’ve always said the customer is our boss and we’ll make decisions based on how we can serve them better.” ~Don McMillon,  CEO of Walmart

“Appreciate everything your associated do for the business.  Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-time, sincere words of praise.  They’re absolutely free and worth a fortune.” ~Sam Walton, founder of Walmart

 

“Today’s leading real-world retailer, Wal-Mart, uses software to power its logistics and distribution capabilities, which it has used to crush its competition.”  ~Mark Andreesen, co-founder of Netscape and entrepreneur.

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

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