Steve Geary on Public Sector Logistics

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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.

Invisible does not mean irrelevant.

The family went to work. They understood that people still wanted great fresh fish. The demand hadn’t gone away. The distribution channel had.

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

By now, significant logistics realignment should be underway in America. Where’s the near shoring? Where’s the reshoring?

The Post isn’t normally a place to learn about supply chain innovation, but this is interesting.

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.

Supply Chain Risk Management is far broader than cyber. The Department of Defense needs to take off the blinders.

The USPS is a business, the taxpayers own it, and we entrust the politicians to deliver guidance and support to achieve the mission.

Another USPS bailout will keep the mail flowing for now, but the fundamental issue is a supply and demand equilibrium challenge.