Steve Geary

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.

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

Steve Geary

Reflections

A new player in supply chain innovation

January 28, 2020

Steve Geary

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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.

Reflections

What is going to come out of "the sausage factory"?

October 23, 2019

Steve Geary

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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?

Reflections

What's over the horizon?

May 15, 2019

Steve Geary

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Instead of reacting to supply chain risks as they come, organizations should have an integrated anticipatory process.

Reflections

Develop a war plan for supply chain disruptions

February 22, 2019

Steve Geary

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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.

Bringing a supply chain back to life in Afghanistan

December 17, 2014

Gerry Brown, Robert Leahy, and Steve Geary

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Decades of war have devastated the Afghan hand-knotted carpet industry. Now a new public-private initiative will help traditional artisans rebuild the supply chain that provides raw materials like wool and dyes and delivers finished carpets to domestic and export markets.

Danger on the high seas

December 16, 2009

Earl Boyanton and Steve Geary

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Piracy continues to threaten some of the world's most important shipping lanes. Two defense logistics experts explain the current situation and look at how some governments and private industry are thwarting attacks.

Articles by Steve Geary