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 is a Senior Supply Chain and Demand Planning, CPF leader with over 25 years of experience across multiple industries. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at Rutgers University. He has worked across industries for companies such as Estee Lauder, Honeywell, Diageo, Pepperidge Farm, Accenture, and GE. John has worked in demand planning, inventory optimization, capacity planning, deployment planning, and SIOP development. He was the 2024 recipient of IBF's Excellence in Business Forecasting & Planning Award. John is passionate about developing people within companies to lead change. John lives in Mendham, New Jersey with his wife and two boys.
Andrew D. Schneider, ACPF, is Vice President of Global Supply Chain and Integrated Business Planning for Peloton's Commercial Business Unit, where he leads global supply chain strategy, planning, procurement, and operating model transformation. Previously, he held supply chain leadership roles with Medtronic, Ball Corporation, Crocs, and other global organizations. Andrew specializes in integrated business planning, forecasting, AI-enabled planning, and decision science, helping organizations improve service, profitability, and executive decision-making. He is an ASCM Distinguished Fellow, recipient of the ASCM Award of Excellence, and a longtime member of the IBF Advisory Board.
Eric Wilson is Director of Thought Leadership at the Institute of Business Forecasting & Planning, bringing over 20 years of experience in demand planning and predictive analytics. He previously led forecasting at Escalade Sports, Berry Plastics, and Tempur Sealy. Eric is an IBF Advanced Certified Professional Forecaster (ACPF) and recipient of IBF’s Excellence in Business Forecasting & Planning Award. He is a frequent speaker, published author, and contributor to The Journal of Business Forecasting.
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