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 André
Martin is Co-founder of Factory2Shelf; a consulting organization focused on
integrating the Retail Supply Chain from point of manufacture to final point of
sale. With more than 35 years of experience in distribution and manufacturing,
André created and pioneered the development and very first implementation of
Distribution Resource Planning (DRP) at Abbott Labs in 1975. Since then, Andre
has 43 successful DRP implementations to his credit. He served as president of
Oliver Wight Logistics Group for over 12 years. Also, he was the director of
manufacturing and materials management at Abbott Canada. At Abbott, he was the
driving force behind the successful implementation of the first integrated DRP/MRP
II (Manufacturing Resource Planning) system in industry. In addition, he tied
Abbott's financial and operating systems together. Applying his expertise to
wholesaler/distributors, André successfully helped pioneer the implementation of
DRP in 1983 at two companies American Hardware Supply (now called Servistar) and
Mass Merchandisers Inc (now part of McKesson). In 1987 Andre worked with Sears
on the first ever Retail DRP implementation. As an educator and consultant for
over 25 years, André is a worldwide authority on the subject of developing,
refining, and successfully implementing customer E-connectivity programs. He is
the author of two books: Infopartnering, the Ultimate ECR Strategy, and
DRP: the Gateway to True Quick Response and Continuous Replenishment,
as well as the Oliver Wight DRP Video Library. André wrote the DRP chapter for
the revised edition of the American Production & Inventory Control Society (APICS)
Handbook. He is a member of the Council of Logistics Management and APICS.
He has conducted seminars throughout North America and Latin America, as well as
France, Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand. He has worked internationally
with companies such as Coca Cola, Colgate Palmolive, Philips, RJR/Nabisco,
Michelin, Digital, Procter and Gamble and Sears.
 Mike
Doherty is co-founder of Demand Clarity Inc, and specializes in helping
client’s design and implement supply chain planning processes and systems. He
has considerable experience designing and implementing Flowcasting processes for
both retailers and manufacturers. Prior to Demand Clarity, Mike was a partner
with NuThink Inc, a supply chain consultancy. Previously, he was Team Leader for
Canadian Tire Corporation. In this role, he led a team that designed and
implemented a consumer-driven, integrated forecasting and replenishment process
that linked the retail supply chain from point-of-sale to manufacturer.
Previously, he was Manager of Inventory Control and Total Quality for Westburne
Supply Ontario. He has also been a Logistics Manager for Loblaw Companies Ltd.
where he led a team that successfully introduced advanced decision support
technologies for logistics network optimization. Prior to his industry
experience, Mr. Doherty was a management consultant for Ernst & Young
specializing in Manufacturing and Logistics. Mr. Doherty holds a B. Math degree
from the University of Waterloo.
 Jeff
Harrop is a founding partner of Demand Clarity Inc. As a supply chain
consultant with Demand Clarity (and NuThink Inc. prior to forming Demand
Clarity), Jeff has helped several companies design and implement time-phased
planning processes and supporting systems. Prior to joining the consulting ranks
in 1999, Jeff was part of a large project team that designed a completely
integrated time-phased planning process – from the consumer right back to the
supplier – for Canadian Tire Corporation. As one of the largest and most
successful implementations of its kind in retail (50 planners and over 65,000
stock keeping units), Jeff was invited back to Canadian Tire in 2001 to help
implement a similar process in their SKU-intensive Express Auto Parts division
(120,000+ SKUs). Previously, Jeff held various analytical and planning positions
at TransCanada Pipelines and IBM Canada while working toward his honors degree
in Economics from the University of Waterloo.
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