S&OP Unplugged - Episode 11
Leaders from Bumble Bee Foods, MacDermid Alpha, Country Pure Foods, and John Galt Solutions explore how collaboration, both internal and external, is evolving within demand planning. They unpack the growing role of big data and predictive analytics, offer advice for newcomers to the function, and share why developing people is just as important as developing forecasts.
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S&OP Unplugged Topics:
- Investing & Developing People / Talent Management
- Collaboration w/ Internal Functions / Demand Planning
- External Collaboration / Demand Planning
- Big Data / New Sources
- Predictive Analytics / Future of Planning
- Advice / New to the Function
- IBF Conference / Why Come Back & Attend


Prior Roles
- 25 years’ experience in Global Planning and S&OP having served in multiple leadership roles at:
- Element Solutions/MacDermid Alpha
- Cardinal Health,
- Honeywell
- Hasbro
- Lori’s background also includes several complex multi system conversions into a single forecasting software solution
Education
- MBA with a focus on Logistics, Planning and Supply Chain Management from Bryant University
Industry Involvement
- IBF Certified Professional



Eric is a predictive analytics and business planning innovator, author, teacher and speaker. As Director of Thought Leadership at IBF, he brings over 20 years of experience, previously leading demand planning at Escalade Sports, Berry Plastics, and Tempur Sealy. Eric is an IBF Advanced Certified Professional Forecaster (ACPF) and received IBF’s Excellence in Business Forecasting & Planning award in 2016. He is a frequent speaker and panelist who has published extensively in The Journal of Business Forecasting and APICS Magazine. Eric is also the author of Cultural Cycles, Predictive Analytics for Business Forecasting & Planning, and Practical Guide to Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP/ IBP).