Virtual Town Hall: Forecasting & Planning During The Chaos of a Global Pandemic
Dustin Deal
Director of North America Business Operations, Motorola
Lenovo

Dustin Deal is the Director of Business Planning & Operations at Motorola. Over the past 20+ years he has held various functions at Motorola including Global Inventory Planning, Global Demand Planning and North American Fulfillment Operations. Dustin earned a BBA in Operations Management from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and his MBA from Texas Christian University.

John Hellriegel, CPF
Assistant Professor of Professional Practice
Rutgers Business School

Additional Responsibilities

  • Rutgers University: Adjunct Professor at Rutgers University

Prior Roles

  • John has worked in demand planning, inventory optimization, capacity planning, deployment planning, and SIOP development at:
    • Estee Lauder
    • Honeywell
    • Diageo
    • Pepperidge Farm
    • Accenture
    • GE
Patrick Bower
Sr. Director of Supply Chain
Actylis

Prior Roles

  • Plan for Demand: Practice Manager of Supply Chain Planning for clients including Diageo, Bayer, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, Foster Farms, Cabot Industries and American Girl
  • Cadbury
  • Kraft Foods
  • Unisys
  • Snapple
  • Numetrix
  • Atrion International: Vice President of R&D

Award

  • IBF Award for Excellence in Business Forecasting & Planning
Andrew D. Schneider, ACPF
Head of Demand Planning & Analytics
Viega LLC

Andrew Schneider is a veteran supply chain and business science professional, with a 20 year career spanning journalism, sales, demand planning, analytics, emerging data sciences, strategy, and enterprise risk management. He is a thought leader for the IBF and a member of the esteemed advisory board, an ASCM award-winning fellow & certification holder, and an always-hungry learner of & contributor to the business planning field. He has vast experience across leadership & practitioner roles in CPG, Footwear & Apparel, Food & Beverage, and Medical Device sectors, along with systems implementation, COE deployment, and full supply chain transformation experience. Andrew is presently employed in a supply chain management role with Viega LLC, but also maintains his consultancy practice and is always available to network, consult, and serve. He is an IBF Advanced Certified Professional Forecaster (ACPF).

Eric Wilson, ACPF
Director – Thought Leadership
Institute of Business Forecasting & Planning

Prior Roles

  • Escalade Sports: Director of Demand Planning
  • Berry Plastics: Director of Demand Planning
  • Tempura Sealy International: Director of Demand Planning & S&OP

Industry Involvement

  • Frequent speaker and panelist for many executive forums and professional conferences
  • Written numerous articles in publications including The Journal of Business Forecasting and APICS Magazine
  • Author of the books Cultural Cycles and Predictive Analytics for Business Forecasting & Planning

Award

  • IBF Excellence in Business Forecasting & Planning

Certification

  • IBF Advanced Certified Professional Forecaster (ACPF)

Watch this Virtual Town Hall to learn how you can better forecast and plan during the chaos of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. IBF has put together this online event with veteran Demand Planning Directors and Heads of Supply Chain at global companies who share how they are managing their demand (or lack thereof) and supply planning during this time. They discuss the impact of Covid-19 on business planning, and draw from their experience in managing other crises and economic turndowns to reveal how to react. This interactive panel discussion is designed to mitigate risk and protect your company’s bottom line.

You will learn:
  • How to be more agile in forecasting and planning to respond to demand disruptions caused by coronavirus
  • How long the coronavirus outbreak will impact your business and what to plan for
  • Importance of knowing your customers in times of crisis
  • Cost of over or underreacting to unforeseen events like a pandemic
  • How S&OP helps or has to change in response to unplanned events
  • The role of forecasting and demand planning and stepping up to mitigate risk
  • Working remotely and building forecasts without face to face interactions
  • Omnichannel and how customers in different channels will react, and how we can build channel specific responses
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