Schechter joined LOC Global in March 2002, after completing best-seller Delivering the Goods: The Art of Managing Your Supply Chain (J. Wiley & Sons; 2002).

Mr. Schechter is one of the few students of and consultants to the corporate world who has appreciated the connection between military history and modern industry.

Logistical wizard Gus Pagonis, hero of the Gulf War and current head of logistics for Sears, applauds Schechter's "remarkable" understanding of "how the art of supply chain management evolved out of the military art of logistics, and how the most successful military leaders, from Alexander the Great forward, were, for the most part, successful supply chain managers as well." 3Com logistics chief John Kenny attests to Schechter's "insider’s perspective of both the military and business facets of [logistics]." Logistics.com CEO John Lanigan declares simply: "Schechter gets it…business is war!"

Stemming from his research into the most inventive solutions ever devised for logistical problems, Mr. Schechter invented the Tri-Level View. The Tri-Level View incorporates his lessons learned into an easy-to-use formula for looking beyond the physical and political boundaries that currently constrain most corporations, and breaking down the walls separating members of a supply chain.

Bob Delaney, author of the annual State of Logistics Report, calls the Tri-Level View a "valuable contribution to management thought." David Kelley, the fabled founder and chief executive of IDEO Product Development—the creators of the Apple Mouse—attests for Schechter's invention being able to "improve any organization's bottom line." MIT manufacturing professor Don Rosenfield calls Schechter's Tri-Level View "a framework for better management."

Yossi Sheffi, director of The MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, and recipient of the Council of Logistics Management's highest honor (the distinguished service award), applauds Schechter's work "helping educate business executives in the importance of logistics. Schechter skillfully articulates [ways to] enhance customer satisfaction and reduce the cost of doing business."

Mr. Schechter was educated at Stanford University, from which he holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and a Master of Science degree in engineering.