My favorite part of the book was all the details of operations excellence. In the popular media, Musk is branded a “tech” guy. In reality, he knows how to make things efficiently. He increased the throughput of the Tesla assembly plant from 2,500 cars per week to 5,000 and the Nevada battery plant from 1,800 to 5,000 in less than a year. (This could make for a follow-up to
You touched upon it, and this makes total sense; keep the design engineers next to the production-line, so that when there is an issue in the production-line, they can see if/how their designed messed things up.
Great insights from Mike. Looking forward to reading the book.
I like the fact that you are focused on his work rather than his personality (which all the other reviewers seem more interested in).
You touched upon it, and this makes total sense; keep the design engineers next to the production-line, so that when there is an issue in the production-line, they can see if/how their designed messed things up.