The real cases behind the novel. Twenty-four years in manufacturing supply chain — real names, real numbers, no theory for its own sake. The literary version of the same events appears in East Rises, West Sets.

Larry Qi · 18 of 18 translated

Opening

• No.1Twenty-Four Years in the Supply Chain — Why I'm Writing This Down

Inventory & forecasting

• No.2Thirty Million in Inventory? Don't Cut the Orders Yet
• No.3Nine Million in Dead Stock: Clear It at Half Price, or Wait?
• No.4Stop Chasing Suppliers to Be Fast — Chase Them to Be Steady
• No.5What Is Inventory Turnover Actually Turning? — Starting from the Ten Warehouses Cook Closed in 1998
• No.6Where Should the Spare-Parts Hub Go? — An Answer Worked Out with the Centre-of-Gravity Method
• No.17How Do You Make a Demand Forecast Accurate? I Back-Tested Ten Methods on 44 Months of NIO's Real Sales

Purchasing & cost

• No.7I Can Work Out How Much the Cost Should Rise. Whether It Passes Through I Cannot
• No.8Is "Better Price for Bigger Volume" Actually Better? I Went Back and Did the Arithmetic on the Extra Stock
• No.9Is Negotiation Really the Art of Language? The Girl Who Caught Her Flight, and My 1.5-Billion-Yuan Overhead Hoists
• No.18Is Cutting Cost Really Just About Bargaining the Price Down?

Planning & delivery

• No.10From a Renovation Job to a Shipbuilding Schedule: Seven Steps to a Plan That Lands
• No.14On the Plan, 92% of the Demand Evaporated Overnight
• No.15What Really Broke the Supply Chain Was Not the Chip Shortage. It Was the Fear

Quality & suppliers

• No.13Twenty-Three Meetings, and the Root Cause Box on the 8D Was Still Empty
• No.16The Fastest Way to Find a Supplier Is Hiding in Your Own BOM

Company & era

• No.11The Silence of Toshiba — From VMI to the Compulsory-Issue Order
• No.12The Hulls Were Built First. Only Then Did We Ask Where the Boat's Contents Come From