The Dell Theory of Conflict Prevention argues that no two countries that are both part of the same global supply chain will ever fight a war as long as they are each part of that supply chain. ― Thomas Friedman.
Why supply chains are important? Efficient supply chains enable a firm to be more competitive in the market place.
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1. Supply chains cannot tolerate even 24 hours of disruption. So if you lose your place in the supply chain because of wild behavior you could lose a lot. It would be like pouring cement down one of your oil wells. ― Thomas Friedman
2. Basically all the world’s computer parts come from the same supply chain that runs from Korea, down through coastal China, over to Taiwan, and down to Malaysia. ― Thomas Friedman
3. A wise human would have an understanding of the supply chain and how the pieces fit together. But it’s against our nature to think about it. ― Paolo Bacigalupi
4. The product supply chain, from source material to store, is an organizing map for delivering human rights. ― Julia Ormond
5. What’s unique about transportation is that it’s the one function that repeats itself throughout the supply chain. ― John Murphy
6. Anytime there’s a disruption in the supply chain, any time people cut back on spending, there will be a recession. ― Trish Regan
7. But that’s not enough: To maintain energy security, one needs a supply system that provides a buffer against shocks. It needs large, flexible markets. And it’s important to acknowledge the fact that the entire energy supply chain needs to be protected. ― Daniel Yergin
8. It’s hard to see any institutional structure that stands in the way of the homogenization and simplification of these supply chains in international capitalism, unless it is the nation state. ― James C. Scott
9. Today, no one would dispute that information technology has become the backbone of commerce. It underpins the operations of individual companies, ties together far-flung supply chains, and, increasingly, links businesses to the customers they serve. Hardly a dollar or a euro changes hands anymore without the aid of computer systems. ― Nicholas G. Carr
10. The global food supply chain is a multitrillion-dollar industry. That’s the market we’re thinking about disrupting. ― Arvind Gupta
11. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed critical vulnerabilities in our pharmaceutical supply chain. ― Abigail Spanberger
12. Looking at the world through a sustainability lens not only helps us ‘future proof’ our supply chain, it also fuels innovation and drives brand growth. ― Paul Polman
13. When we talk about ‘smart transportation,’ it is more than moving cargo from A to B. Digitization within transport and logistics means seamless service to our customers, visibility in the supply chain, and driving a more efficient business. ― Soren Skou
14. In all our businesses, we are out to build local capability in four basic aspects – product line, manufacturing and supply chain, the service team, and the financing and investment capability. ― John L. Flannery
15. In a global economy where our economies and supply chains are deeply integrated, it’s not even possible. ― Barack Obama
16. Why would you invest in a company which is out of synch with the needs of society, that does not take its social compliance in its supply chain seriously, that does not think about the costs of externalities or of its negative impacts on society? ― Paul Polman
17. There are lots of small businesses in Britain that have a pretty tough time but many of them are also parts of supply chains, the leave side roll out JCB but that’s one company, all the experts are saying the economy would take a big hit if we came out of the EU. ― Frances O’Grady
18. Flexible supply chains are great for multinationals and consumers. But they erode already thin profit margins in developing-world factories and foster a pell-mell work environment in which getting the order out the door is the only thing that matters. ― James Surowiecki
19. We live in such a service-based, globalized economy where very few people actually make anything and the people who do make stuff… it’s all part of a massive global supply chain. So what if all those chains were suddenly cut, how would you make something? How would you keep people alive? And that was something I wanted to explore. ― Max Brooks
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20. True optimization is the revolutionary contribution of modern research to decision processes. ― George Dantzig
21. We see our customers as invited guests to a party, and we are the hosts. It’s our job to make the customer experience a little bit better. — Jeff Bezos
22. Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, ‘What’s in it for me? — Brian Tracy
23. Every company’s greatest assets are its customers, because without customers there is no company. — Michael LeBoeu
24. A successful novel should interrupt the reader’s life, make him or her miss appointments, skip meals, forget to walk the dog. ― Stephen King
25. If the first 10 years for us was about fixing the consumer experience, the next 10 years is about an equal amount of focus on making sure that the music industry sees the same transformation that the consumer side has seen. ― Spotify founder and CEO Daniel Ek
26. If there is technological advance without social advance, there is, almost automatically, an increase in human misery. ― Michael Harrington