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One thing to remember is that the current CEO Tim Cook started in the supply chain management side of the company... And did that job for Steve Jobs during the
by barkingcat 6y ago
One thing to remember is that the current CEO Tim Cook started in the supply chain management side of the company...
And did that job for Steve Jobs during the growth of the iphone.
It would be expected that Apple would have extended insight into supply chain and capacity, seeing as the head of the company was/is the one who did that job.
- commandar 6y agoI'm constantly surprised by how many people seem to forget that Tim Cook got to where he is on the basis of being a supply chain logistics whiz. If there's anything I expect Apple to excel at, almost without question, under his leadership, it's supply chain management.
- tommilukkarinen 6y agoThe comment reminds me of Nokia end times. Everyone said they mastered logistics.
- commandar 6y agoI wasn't commenting on Apple as a whole; I'm actually not a huge fan of the company overall under Cook's leadership. But supply chain management? They excel at that which doesn't surprise me given who the CEO is.
- gumby 6y agoIt's also a strength on the demand prediction side which is typically done by marketing not the manufacturing side of the business. Yes, I know Cook came from Compaq for his supply chain chops, but there are amazing supply chain folks elsewhere in the industry. On this dimension Apple is in a class by itself. Perhaps that fixation does come from Cook, as supply chain wizards typically don't rise that high in the corporate chain.
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