Clay Williams - Supply chains are like fractals
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#23 - Clay Williams: Supply chains are like fractals
- Clay is from Tennessee and has actually been to my town, Leominster, MA.
- Degree in Supply Chain Management
- Video of Roman Army on the march
- Jiga – cross between digital manufacturing and local machine shop
- Full automation is really tough?
- Hadrian Automation – Manufacturing the future.
- Seem to be following The Goal or Theory of Constraints, both by Eli Goldratt
- Supply chain strategy often base on manufacturing concepts.
- Supply chains are internal and external
- Not “The Origin of Stuff”, but “The Story of Stuff” Annie Leonard
- Supply chains are like fractals
- Ford doesn’t make cars, they assemble them.
- Do automaker and their suppliers have recall insurance?
- “Anybody can hold a tenth.”
- Clay is a people person – thrives on customer satisfaction.
- Sometimes outstanding customer service doesn’t take much effort.
- Are cicadas electronic transformers?
- Peanut Butter and Jelly beer is popular.
- Clay says “Go Vols!”
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