Steve Geary

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.

REFLECTIONS

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?

REFLECTIONS

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.”

REFLECTIONS

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.

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.

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?

Reflections

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

Steve Geary

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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.