Nilmadhab is presently working with SAS and has been providing techno-functional consulting for SAS Supply Chain Analytics. He is an MBA and completed Advanced Program in Supply Chain Management. He has been invited to present at several seminars like International Business Forecasting Seminar (IBF) Amsterdam, Institute for Supply Management India and International Conference on Advanced Data Analysis, Business Analytics and Intelligence, IIM Ahmedabad (IIMA).
In a recent meeting, the CIO of a leading commercial automotive company’s shared his experience of high complexity in managing forecasting data. I was not surprised. Often demand planners complain about managing forecasting data. I can relate to where there are coming from. It’s due to the approach prescribed by their legacy
While discussing ways and means to improve Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) and forecasting, many a time business executives ask “What can we do with social media?" This was definitely NOT a usual topic in S&OP forum just a few years back! Most of the time, I push back the
