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.

The east coast gas crisis is not a hiccup. It’s a warning.

Is anybody going to learn their lesson?

The east coast gas crisis is not a hiccup. It’s a warning.

May 16, 2021

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The east coast gas crisis is not a hiccup. It’s a warning.

Discover America

Strategic risk management plans needs to be at the top of your list.

May 14, 2021

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”Proximity is key to speed,” says Brian Gibson.

Military logisticians think about networks. Do you?

Did you consider?

Operators often don’t like logisticians who are whispering over their shoulders, “but did you consider ...?”

April 6, 2021

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Earl Boyanton, a good friend of mine, wrote this piece. He is also a retired Assistant Deputy Secretary of Defense in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Before that Earl served decades in uniform with the United States Air Force. Some say Earl is the finest logistician the Air Force ever produced.

We can learn from the Defense Logistics Agency

Play Chess, not Checkers

Industry could learn something supply chain strategy from the military.

March 27, 2021

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While the military does pay considerable attention to suppliers one level away in the supply chain, the Department of Defense also takes a far more comprehensive approach through the National Stockpile.

Many CEO’s are learning a thing or two about the spectrum of risk factors logisticians balance.

Nothing is certain.

Studies, projections, and tradeoff studies are nice. Agility and adaptability are better.

March 14, 2021

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COVID-19 has reminded us of a few things about supply chain risk management.

It's a brave new world.

Sound Bites: The Post Pandemic World

Adapt. Improvise. Overcome.

March 1, 2021

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Industry has adapted, and the government needs to catch up. Don’t look in the rear-view mirror. You’ll never see that place again.

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

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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.

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

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Invisible does not mean irrelevant.

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

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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

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The mainstream media seems to be treating the coronavirus vaccine supply chain challenges facing us as an afterthought.

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