Gartner votes Apple as the top supply chain for 2013. Steve Jobs and Tim Cook both oversaw Apples Supply Chain. “When Cook took over the supply chain, he cut the number of component suppliers from 100 to 24, in a move to force the companies to compete for Apple’s business. Cook then shut down 10 of the 19 company warehouses to limit overstocking, and by September 1998 inventory was down from a month to only six days” Your...
Read MoreEver wonder how Apple uses SAP? Apple uses SAP to manage its huge volume of orders in iTunes. I’m also a huge fan of Apple’s supply chain as its one of the best in the world. I bought the book that Tim Cook handed to his work colleagues “Competing Against Time: How Time-Based Competition is Reshaping Global Markets” It’s about using your supply chain as a strategic weapon in business. Interesting indeed!...
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