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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ARTICLES

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Whiplash: supply chains battered around the world

Chaos and uncertainty—from the war in the Ukraine to bird flu to COVID lockdowns—continue to shock our supply chains. How can we make sure we are not ill-prepared for the next disruption?
May 15, 2022
Steve Geary
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Chaos and uncertainty—from the war in the Ukraine to bird flu to COVID lockdowns—continue to shock our supply chains. How can we make sure we are not ill-prepared for the next disruption? 


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It’s a mad, mad, mad world

Once considered a rare possibility, “black swan” events are sending global supply chains into chaos.
February 18, 2022
Steve Geary
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Once considered a rare possibility, “black swan” events are sending global supply chains into chaos.


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We’re not in Kansas anymore

Markets—both on the demand side and the supply side—are shifting. We need to figure out how to react, in real time.
October 18, 2021
Steve Geary
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Markets—both on the demand side and the supply side—are shifting. We need to figure out how to react, in real time.


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STRATEGY

Making the pivot

The pandemic has posed particularly big challenges for small businesses, which do not have the same resources, sophistication, or clout as their larger counterparts. But what small businesses lack in scale, they can make up for in supply chain agility.
May 8, 2021
Levi Buck and Steve Geary
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The pandemic has posed particularly big challenges for small businesses, which do not have the same resources, sophistication, or clout as their larger counterparts. But what small businesses lack in scale, they can make up for in supply chain agility.


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Occam’s Razor and the vaccine

The United States is about two months into the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine. Execution approaches vary. Which approach works best?
February 17, 2021
Steve Geary
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The United States is about two months into the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine. Execution approaches vary. Which approach works best?


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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
Steve Geary
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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
Steve Geary
Supply chains are not the closed systems that macroeconomists posit. There are always unexpected external influences at the microeconomic level.
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