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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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The COVID call to action

The pandemic is forcing many of us to reassess and readjust our supply chains. As we do so, we need to focus on “best value” instead of “lowest cost.”
December 11, 2020
Steve Geary
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The pandemic is forcing many of us to reassess and readjust our supply chains. As we do so, we need to focus on “best value” instead of “lowest cost.”
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Huawei’s ripple effect

The Trump Administration’s tangles with the Chinese tech giant will have repercussions for many supply chains. Companies should start planning accordingly.
October 23, 2020
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The Trump Administration’s tangles with the Chinese tech giant will have repercussions for many supply chains. Companies should start planning accordingly.
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The idea is that the flapping of a butterfly’s wings in Argentina could cause a tornado in Texas three weeks later.

Butterflies are pretty, but they are hell on a supply chain.

The idea is that the flapping of a butterfly’s wings in Argentina could cause a tornado in Texas three weeks later.
June 27, 2020
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Supply chains are not the closed systems that macroeconomists posit. There are always unexpected external influences at the microeconomic level.
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What's in a name?

We talk about compressing Supply Chains and channel strategies. Farmers talk about Community Supported Agriculture. Are they the same thing?
May 22, 2020
Steve Geary
We talk about compressing Supply Chains and channel strategies. Farmers talk about Community Supported Agriculture. Are they the same thing?
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Coronavirus and the tunnel vision of macroeconomics

No matter how you define relevant, in the supply chain all relevant things never remain unchanged. We live in a dynamic world, and there are always surprises in the supply chain.
May 20, 2020
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No matter how you define relevant, in the supply chain all relevant things never remain unchanged. We live in a dynamic world, and there are always surprises in the supply chain.


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Watch for the stampede. It’s coming.

Lots of legislators are kicking around statutory responses to the coronavirus right now, but our community is not waiting.
May 8, 2020
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A new player in supply chain innovation

January 28, 2020
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An agile and nimble startup organization seeks to brings Silicon Valley-style fast-paced experimentation to a mature and ossified supply chain.
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What is going to come out of "the sausage factory"?

October 23, 2019
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The federal government can do remarkable things. They are worried about supply chain integrity. Can we trust Congress to do the right thing?
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What's over the horizon?

May 15, 2019
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Instead of reacting to supply chain risks as they come, organizations should have an integrated anticipatory process.
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Develop a war plan for supply chain disruptions

February 22, 2019
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When it comes to handling supply chain disruptions, commercial organizations should steal a page or two from the military's playbook.
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