Supply Chain Visions was founded in April 2002 as a specialized consulting firm focused on helping companies with supply chain strategy and education. Our approach reflects solutions that are strategic as well as practical, cost effective and focused on driving measurable performance improvements.

Supply Chain Visions has grown into a well respected organization bringing thought leadership and visionary supply chain solutions to companies ranging in size from $4 Million to $100+ billion as well as various government agencies and the Department of Defense. Since the company’s inception we have assisted over 50 companies across a broad spectrum of industries and supported multiple state and federal government agencies. 

Supply Chain Visions is a certified woman-owned S-Corp, founded by Kate Vitasek. In addition to other honors and recognitions by industry and trade organizations, Supply Chain Visions was recently recognized as one of “The Top 10 Coolest SCM Boutique Consulting Companies” by ARC Research.  Supply Chain Visions maintains offices in Bellevue WA , Memphis TN , Boston MA , Washington DC , Salt Lake City UT , and Colorado Springs CO .

The Team

Kate Vitasek , Managing Partner, is a thought leader in the area of Supply Chain Management and is a well-recognized authority on performance management and metrics implementation. Kate’s approaches to performance management have been widely published. Kate has been recognized for her leadership in the profession and for her efforts in helping to build the logistics and supply chain profession. She a well received speaker at industry conferences and universities on the topic of Supply Chain Management and Performance Management.

Mike Ledyard has exceptional credentials in business process design and the management of planning, manufacturing, distribution, product development, and engineering in high volume consumer focused industries. Mike is a skilled communicator, and is able to concisely explain complex supply chain concepts in understandable form to audiences ranging from boardroom executives to shop floor personnel. He is also an author and frequent speaker on process assessment and measurement. 

Steve Geary has worked with organizations around the world in a variety of industries and, through frequent speaking engagements and publications has become known as a leading expert on supply chain design and performance. Steve’s primary focus has been in Aerospace and Defense. He has been engaged in a broad ranging project for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, helping drive transformation of military logistics to deliver more nimble, flexible, and responsive capabilities.

Karen Galena has joined Supply Chain Visions as a Partner. Karen is a recognized leader and visionary in the supply chain field who specializes in strategic design and operational execution of supply chain networks. She has an extensive range of experience in retail, automotive, food, pharmaceutical, service parts and consumer products industries. Karen's extensive knowledge helps organizations develop multi-channel distribution strategies that support growth, innovation and profitability.   

Our partners - all of whom are recognized Supply Chain Visionaries, have published or appeared in over 75 articles and books on supply chain management and are popular speakers at industry conferences and universities.  In addition, Supply Chain Visions assists over a dozen universities as adjunct and guest faculty - bringing practical and engaging lectures to a broad range of Universities.  

The Supply Chain Visions team is rounded out by four Principal Consultants and three Research Associates.  All of our partners and associates bring a unique blend of consulting, practitioner and general management experience to the firms we work with.  This blend of skills ensures that solutions are both practical and cost effective.  

Our Approach

The Supply Chain Visions philosophy is to “teach a company to fish” rather than bring in herds of consultants, costing thousands of dollars, which generally wind up as “Vinyl Binder” studies that sit on a book shelf.  For that reason, we typically do not staff more than two people on an engagement.  We work to “coach” client employees/teams through the projects they are tackling by embedding our consultants as part of the client team, serving an educational role as much as a consulting role.  This unique approach leaves the client team better able to enact genuine and enduring change in the organization in support of strategic objectives. 

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