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 , Founder, 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.

Alan Van Boven   is a leader in design of technology solutions for freight transport who coaches enterprises in strategy creation & execution for  the SCM marketplace. He is an experienced executive in business & product strategy, business development, technology innovation, organization development and M&A. Alan’s current focus is carbon & spend management in transportation where real economic benefits can be achieved via technology enabled innovation in optimization & collaboration processes.

Peter Moore  has over 30 years of experience in distribution, regulated products, industrial manufacturing, third party logistics services and supply chain consulting in government and industrial sectors. Pete is a member of the Program Faculty at the University of Tennessee Center for Executive Education and an Adjunct Professor at The University of South Carolina – Beaufort. With experience as a procurement executive, contractor, CEO and consultant, Pete has lived all aspects of outsourcing and brings practical experience and disciplined methodology to bear in improving organizational effectiveness. Pete is a PhD candidate in Organizational Management with a specialization in the skills needed to operate complex organizations.

Principals

Bill Keough  specializes in helping companies harness technology to design and build collaborative, best-in-class supply chains.  Bill is an authority on both the technical and business process best practices required to establish an integrated, global supplier community that delivers real competitive advantage. Over the past 10 years, Bill has been retained by a dozen of the world’s largest strategic sourcing consortia to tackle a host of international supply chain problems. Bill publishes regularly in industry journals and teaches at graduate programs in the US and in the Middle East. 

Mark Nassutti blends experience in organizational development and marketing to produce creative outsourcing solutions.  He views suppliers as extensions of their clients, not separate entities, all contributing to building the client’s brand.  He helps companies in outsourcing relationships to focus on the end-customer experience.  Creating common goals and desired outcomes builds collaboration, innovation and strategic impact.  These provide the foundation for world-class performance.  Mark has a passion for designing organizations – or the agreements that bind them -- around the requirements of end users.  He takes his clients “outside the box” of conventional vendor management to create win-win-win results.

Astrid Uka is an expert in Global Business Process Outsourcing. With a passion for leading change, Astrid is highly skilled at transforming business processes for improved results through the considered application of best practices and new ways of “connecting the dots”. She has a considerable track record of delivering results across global corporations with complex matrix organizations and involving multiple partners. Astrid has excellent communication and intercultural skills. Fluent in German and English, she has worked extensively throughout Europe and the United States, as well as in Asia and Latin America. Her unique blend of cultural expertise, business process execution and communication skills ensure better outcomes for all collaborating parties.

Steve Symmes is has operational and consulting experience in start-up and high growth companies that span the retail, medical equipment and sterile device manufacturing, high technology, industrial equipment, software publishing, computer manufacturing, consumer electronics, third party logistics and distribution sectors.  He has worked extensively throughout the United States, and in Europe, Asia and Latin America.

Steve Murray holds the unique role of both a Principal Consultant and as Chief Researcher for Supply Chain Visions.  His focus is on understanding and implementation of warehousing, end to end supply chain processes and technology aligned to corporate strategy.   Steve has accumulated extensive experience architecting, implementing and managing business processes and teams, including warehousing process improvement projects and supplier /  customer process and data integration projects which span multiple geographies across North America, Europe, Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Australia and Latin America.

Our team - all of whom are recognized Supply Chain Visionaries, have published or appeared in over 100 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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