Steve Brady

Steve Brady

Stephan P. (Steve) Brady, PhD, is the CEO and Founder of Supply Chain Innovations Today.  Steve has 28 years of experience as a Logistics and Supply Chain professional.  Dr Brady is a recognized thought-leader in the supply chain and technology space, driving innovation in multiple arenas.  Dr Brady’s consulting work includes collaborative supply chain management, SC Technology/RFID strategies, inventory management, and warehouse and transportation network design.  In addition, Steve has been engaged in work with the VICS Item Level RFID Initiative, driving the adoption of RFID at the item level in the Apparel and footwear industries.     Dr Brady has also provided consulting services on such topics as outcome focused performance, performance based acquisitions, and space logistics and interplanetary supply chain management. He received his Ph.D. in Business Administration—Business Logistics from The Pennsylvania State University.  Dr Brady, a retired USAF Lt Colonel, supervised over 40 research efforts while on the Graduate School faculty at the Air Force Institute of Technology, with many of these efforts modeling the application of process and technology innovations to DoD and industry supply chains.   He has guest lectured at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He has had several publications appearing in the Transportation Journal, Journal of Transportation Management, The Air Force Journal of Logistics, and SOLE Spectrum. In addition, he is a Certified Professional Logistician (CPL). Dr Brady is actively engaged in social media, and was recently recommended by SAP and FreightOS as a supply chain management “Tweeter to follow.”   You can follow Dr Brady on twitter as @SCMProfessor, and connect with him on LinkedIn.

Are You “Off-Shoring?”

Sep 22, 2015
Businesses are “in the business” of making money.

Innovation is… ACTION

Feb 5, 2015
Successful Innovations come from identifying the need (even if one never knew the need existed), building the right teams, and conducting the proper analysis to be able to implement them properly.

Innovation – is Analytical

Dec 16, 2014
Steve Brady’s series on innovation continues, this time on the analytics of innovation.

Today, What is Innovation?

Nov 3, 2014
Steve Brady starts another great series, this time focusing on innovation as it becomes ever so challenging in today’s technology-centric world.

Cleaning Big Data

Sep 11, 2014
eft Columnist Steve Brady gives an insight on the tools available to aggregate data from multiple sources; as well as to clean the data up

Must Big Data have Big Costs: Understanding your Supply Chain

Aug 4, 2014
After his immensely popular, 3 part, Internet of Things article, Steve Brady offers his latest thoughts on Big Data and the importance of understanding its role in operations today.

The Internet of Things Part 3

Jul 2, 2014
Following on from his first and second articles Steve Brady is continuing his topic of the internet of things. In this third part he explains how the data can be shared and used and how it might empower small businesses.

The Internet of Things Part 2

May 29, 2014
After a hugely popular first instalment, Steve Brady has written a second article about IoT, further exploring sensor technology.

The Internet of Things

Apr 28, 2014
The “Internet of Things” has been a topic of discussion for several years now and, like so many of the innovative topics this column will discuss, can mean different things to different people.

The benefits of Google Glass to your Supply Chain

Apr 7, 2014
Steve Brady's first column: As we enter the age of 'wearables' Google Glass can provide your supply chain with a new way to solve old problems.