Guy Archer

* IS/IT Programme/Project Manager and Business Change Manager with 20+ years Supply Chain/Decision Support Planning Process change experience within various retail, manufacturing, FMCG, logistics, food & drink, and insurance sectors. * Specialist in software selection and evaluation for ERP, planning systems, advanced decision support and Supply Chain/Merchandise applications architectures. * Specialist IT and Due Diligence assessments for MBOs, Investors and Investees. * Feasibility studies for the adoption of supply chain, ERP, advanced planning system or e-Business Process Optimisation philosophies and application software for effective supply chain management, demand/supply planning and execution scheduling within and/or across business entities. * Business process re-engineering (BPR) to improve competitiveness from supply chain change in above sectors. * Business integration analysis and design to enable re-engineered processes using (existing, renewed and/or new) systems application software and architectures, database configuration and developed interfaces. * Structured and Methodical IS/IT project management of full delivery life cycle for systems change using packaged software. * Change Management of IS/IT functions & business support groups, including the introduction of processes for programme office & project management, systems life cycle delivery, development to live support transition environment server landscapes, change control, contract management & multi-tiered application support. * IS/IT strategy and evaluation for the outsourcing of Supply Chain processes and Logistics infrastructure (3PL & 4PS) to meet business strategy objectives. * Skilled and experienced in the techniques of lean manufacturing, total quality management (six sigma), statistical process control, Toyota production management system, input/output analysis, 5 whys, FMEA, Taguchi, cause/effect diagrams and other analytical tools. Specialties: Supply Chain & Logistics IS/IT Programme and Project Management, Business Change Management, Business Analysis, Solutions Architecture, Logistics and Supply Chain subject matter expert. IS Feasibility studies, Business Process re-engineering, Advanced Planning & Optimisation, Web based transaction processing, Systems Integration, 3PL & 4PS