Meeting/Event Information

The APICS South Central Texas Chapter Board welcomes you to our September 2016 Professional Development Meeting (PDM) 

Digital Demand Management: Taming the Bullwhip Effect

Effective supply and demand management in today’s volatile and complex business environment requires a makeover that can be effected by leveraging new digital millennium technologies. Traditional Sales & Operations Planning is not adequate in today’s digital landscape. With new and more abundant sources of data, transforming to Smart Digital Supply Network management enables companies to realize the convergence of planning and execution to synchronize the flow of goods to demand

This session will explore a new demand management structure and a data driven approach to improving planning accuracy and fulfillment response to supply chain variability of actual to plan.

TAKE-AWAYS

1. Understand the role of real time monitoring and the internet of things trend in supply chain descriptive analytics

2. Locate opportunities to install real time monitoring capabilities that will best allow you to address issues before they present real problems using diagnostic analytics

3. Establish a new Demand Management Organization and Digital Enterprise Architecture for cross-functional predictive and prescriptive analytics

SPEAKER

With 35+ years in supply chain management, Rich Sherman shared his experience in his book, Supply Chain Transformation: Practical Roadmap to Best Practice Results (Wiley, 2012). He currently serves as Senior Fellow, Supply Chain Centre of Excellence for Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Executive Vice President for APICS Austin.

He successfully launched the supply chain management advisory services for AMR Research and was a leading member of the team that developed the SCOR® model and founded the Supply Chain Council (now in APICS). Rich has held senior management positions with supply chain software companies and technology corporations serving clients in retail, distribution, manufacturing, and logistics services.  He received a B.A and M.A. from the University of Notre Dame.

VENUE

San Francisco Steakhouse located at 10223 Sahara Drive, San Antonio, TX 78216. Networking begins at 5:30PM with Dinner at 6:00PM and Rich's presentation at 7:00PM.

Please visit www.apics-sanantonio.org to register. Send inquiries and/or comments to [email protected]. Thank you for your continued support.