Summary
Stephen (Steve) T. Hopper, P.E., is Founder and Principal of Inviscid Consulting. Over four decades serving the supply chain industry, Steve has helped his clients plan and streamline their warehousing, fulfillment, distribution, and logistics operations by driving down costs, boosting capacity, improving service levels, mitigating risk, implementing effective supply chain solutions, emphasizing safety, and enhancing the performance of their supply chain resources: people, processes, inventory, facilities, equipment, material handling and storage systems, automation, transportation assets, and supply chain information technology (IT). Steve has advised 200+ clients ranging from small businesses to Fortune 100 corporations. He has also served as an expert witness on dozens of cases involving supply chain operations in the US, Canada, and Australia and has advised private equity and venture capital investors.
Industry Experience
- 3PL / Outsourced warehousing, fulfillment, distribution, and logistics
- Apparel / Footwear
- Building materials
- Consumer goods
- Direct-to-consumer / Ecommerce / Catalog
- Food / Beverage / Grocery
- Furniture
- High-tech / Electronics
- Industrial / Automotive / Aerospace
- Mining / Drilling
- Pharmaceutical / Health and life sciences
- Rentals
- Retail
- Reverse logistics / Returns
- Wholesale / General distribution
Supply Chain Solutions Expertise
- Warehouse management systems (WMS)
- Warehouse control systems (WCS)
- Warehouse execution systems (WES)
- Slotting and order picking systems
- Transportation management systems (TMS)
- Labor management systems (LMS)
- Order management systems (OMS)
- Voice and automatic identification systems
- Equipment, automation, robotics, and software used for handling, packaging, storing, and transporting materials
- Logistics network design tools
- Other supply chain solutions, automation, equipment, and related tools
Education and Certifications
- Bachelor of Industrial Engineering (BIE), The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)
- Licensed, registered Professional Engineer (P.E.)
