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John Hogg is the owner of Straight-Forward Consulting. John is an expert in supply chain management processes. With over 20 years of increasing responsibilities at Rich Products Corporation, John specializes in Lean Manufacturing, integrated business process redesign, and all aspects of the demand – supply planning continuum. He has held leadership positions in demand planning, supply planning, materials management, ERP implementations, and lean manufacturing. In addition, he has built and implemented new processes in demand planning, sales and operations planning, materials management, vendor managed inventory, redistribution, and continuous improvement. He also has experience in inventory management, benchmarking & best practices, new product development, distribution-recovery pricing models, and network modeling. Systems experience includes separate implementations of demand planning, MRP II, and ERP systems.
In addition to a BA and an MBA from Canisius College in Buffalo, NY, he has obtained third-party certification in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) from the American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS); Process Mastery Certification from Hammer and Associates; and Certification in Lean and Six Sigma from Villanova University. He serves on the North American Leadership team for the Supply Chain Council, and has spoken at conferences for APICS, the Supply Chain Council, CSCMP, and the Institute for International Research (IIR).
