Damon Schechter is chief executive
officer of
LOC Global, which helps corporations deal
with the problems and challenges of moving goods from the factory
to the marketplace to the consumer.
Schechter joined LOC Global in March 2002, after completing
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.