About the Author

Keith B. Carter lectures, writes, invents, and mentors from industry and corporate experience. He teaches both executive education and undergraduate purchasing and materials management. He also delivers results by leading several industry/academic big data and sales and operations planning projects in retail, high-tech, transportation, and chemicals.

He is Visiting Senior Fellow of Decision Sciences at the NUS Business School, as well as principal advisor to KPMG and board member of Mentorica Technology Pte. Ltd. (a retail sales, mobile, big data solu tion provider) and board member of 1st Call Consulting, a competitive intelligence firm specializing in finance and supply chain. He recently received a patent on a financial intelligence tool design.

From 1999 to 2012, Keith worked for the Estée Lauder Companies' Global Supply Chain Center of Excellence, to improve the overall performance of the company. Keith has led global supply chain initiatives: supply chain intelligence, knowledge management, transformation governance, supplier collaboration, audit, and data management—all to achieve end-to-end supply chain visibility.

From 1995 to 1998 Keith Carter worked as a consultant for Andersen Consulting in New York, now known as Accenture. His clients included Goldman Sachs, Smith Barney, Solomon Brothers, and the state of New York.

Keith holds a master's degree in Business Administration from Cornell University and a bachelor's degree in Electrical and Computer ...

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