The secret of their Supply Chain
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Apple's Supply-Chain Secret? Hoard Lasers - Businessweek
About five years ago, Apple ( AAPL ) design guru Jony Ive decided he wanted a new feature for the next MacBook: a small dot of green light above the screen, shining through the computer’s aluminum casing to indicate when its camera was on.
Businessweek provides a very interesting look behind Apple's supply chain and how they have managed to fine tune their operations into a competitive advantage. According to more than a dozen interviews with former employees, executives at suppliers, and management experts familiar with the company’s operations, Apple has built a closed ecosystem where it exerts control over nearly every piece of the supply chain, from design to retail store. Apple's well known to be a master at operations with much of that credit going to now CEO Tim Cook.
How Apple Uses its Supply Chain as a Strategic Weapon - Mac Rumors
Inside Dell: The Secrets of Its Supply Chain Success / ISM4300
Dell Inc. is at the forefront for building and delivering customized computers and related services, in an extremely cost effective and timely manner. Over a period of twenty years this fundamental business idea has transformed into an ideology Dell likes to call the Dell Effect.Learning From Toyota -- Again
Two questions: 1) How does Japan's leading automaker keep getting better?
