>>82989493
His manufacturing management should be studied as special case.
He does exactly opposite to modern trends.
Modern trend is globalize and outsource everything. Find best from on tha market and buy from them, and be just integrator of things
https://youtube.com/watch?v=BF_P77VEPKA
Musk does opposite, maximum in house and preferably inside single mega-factory. Like he does it with spacex "metal comes in, rockets comes out".
Similar with Tesla. He started using Panasonic cells, but latter started make cells inhouse and finally developed its own cells 4680 format specially designed with EV in mind. Its bold to make a swing at firms who are leading designers and manufacturers of lithium cells, who made all these electric vehicles things viable in the first place.
Been successful when doing things opposite to modern business, this is the special case, case of Musk managerial genius.