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Steve Geary

Steve Geary

Steve Geary is adjunct faculty at the University of Tennessee's Haaslam College of Business and is a lecturer at The Gordon Institute at Tufts University. He is the President of the Supply Chain Visions family of companies, consultancies that work across the government sector. Steve is a contributing editor at DC Velocity, and editor-at-large for CSCMP's Supply Chain Quarterly.
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Chain pharmacies and grocery stores can play a role in delivering the Covid-19 vaccine.

Occam's Razor and the Corona Virus

Ask any scientist anchored in the real world, and they posit that the simplest of competing theories is preferred to the more complex.
January 14, 2021
Steve Geary
Since December, the logistics profession has shown that they can effectively get the Covid-19 vaccines to the point of need. Yet getting it to the point of need is not the same as satisfying the patient’s need. Showing somebody the vaccine is not the same as giving the vaccine.
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This is Supply Chain in the 21st Century. This is what we do.

Coming out of the shadows.

Logisticians are often out of sight, or perhaps out of mind. When we do our jobs well, we are invisible.
December 17, 2020
Steve Geary
Invisible does not mean irrelevant.
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Understanding how to configure logistics to deliver value in a rapidly evolving market is not complicated; it’s simply hard.

A Case Study in Resilience

After COVID, a once thriving wholesale business, serving local restaurant with deliveries of fresh seafood daily, went silent.
November 28, 2020
Steve Geary
The family went to work. They understood that people still wanted great fresh fish. The demand hadn’t gone away. The distribution channel had.
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Rough Road Ahead for the Coronavirus Vaccine

The last mile problem is often a tactical nightmare. Add to that the refrigeration requirements and we are now facing a formidable supply chain challenge.
November 20, 2020
Steve Geary
The mainstream media seems to be treating the coronavirus vaccine supply chain challenges facing us as an afterthought.
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The pandemic drags on, with no known end date.

So, what are we waiting for?

By now, significant logistics realignment should be underway in America. Where’s the near shoring? Where’s the reshoring?
November 1, 2020
Steve Geary
By now, significant logistics realignment should be underway in America. Where’s the near shoring? Where’s the reshoring?
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Let's see what Elon Musk can bring to the table.

Supply Chain thought leadership . . . in the New York Post?

Let's see what Elon Musk can bring to the table.
October 14, 2020
Steve Geary
The Post isn’t normally a place to learn about supply chain innovation, but this is interesting.
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Cost is a discriminator but relying on low cost items when they may not show up is not a winning approach.

A simple punch list for addressing risk in the supply chain.

Cost is a discriminator but relying on low cost items when they may not show up is not a winning approach.
October 5, 2020
Steve Geary
The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) published a simple punch list for bringing risk management into Supply Chain Management. Karen Haywood Queen, Contributing Editor at SME Media put the article together.
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Supply Chain Risk Management is far broader than cyber. The Department of Defense needs to take off the blinders.

Tunnel Vision at the Office of the Secretary of Defense

The Office of the Secretary of Defense posted a job, Director, Supply Chain Risk Management. Is a reawakening taking place?
September 27, 2020
Steve Geary
Supply Chain Risk Management is far broader than cyber. The Department of Defense needs to take off the blinders.
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The USPS needs help, not just a bailout.

A Tale of Two Empires

Congress and the Postal Service need to wake up and smell the roses.
August 31, 2020
Steve Geary
The USPS is a business, the taxpayers own it, and we entrust the politicians to deliver guidance and support to achieve the mission.
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President Trump has taken aim at Huawei. The implicit risks introduced to the supply chain are as the President might say, “huge.”

Huawei, The President, and Industrial Policy

The Dilemma of Realpolitik
August 17, 2020
Steve Geary
Any competent supply chain professional is well versed in Risk Management, so we understand the logic behind President Trump’s move against Huawei. Word choice is important. The verb used was “understand,” which is not the same as “agree.”
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