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Why AI Alone Can’t Run Your Inventory Planning
GenAI tools like ChatGPT and Claude are powerful, but they don’t replace an end-to-end inventory planning system.
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Meet our speaker
Emilio Colangelo
Partner, LIDD
Emilio Colangelo is a Partner based in LIDD’s Montreal office and a leader in LIDD’s supply chain planning practice. He is responsible for developing integrated supply chain strategies, managing client relationships, and overseeing the work of LIDD employees dedicated to configuration, implementation, and integration of complex planning tools. Since joining LIDD in 2016, Emilio has worked with leading US & Canadian companies in the Food & Beverage, eCommerce, Publishing, Manufacturing and 3PL Logistics industries. His consulting experience spans a wide range of mandates including physical infrastructure design, supply chain software selection & implementation, and S&OP process design. Emilio’s attention to detail and his multi-practice consulting background have repeatedly helped clients achieve meaningful operations transformations. His ability to build close relationships within client organizations from executive leadership to front-line management has been proven at multinationals and quickly growing start-ups. As a director, Emilio leverages his experience to engineer processes and develop fine-tuned NetSuite solutions to align clients’ operations with their vision. Emilio holds a B.Eng. in Industrial Engineering from Concordia University. In addition to his experience at LIDD, Emilio worked at one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies and for a Big4 consulting firm.
View Full ProfileJeffrey Porter
Principal Brand Evangelist, StockIQ Technologies
Jeffrey Porter has 30 years of hands-on experience building inventory planning solutions for distributors and manufacturers, with a career focused on bridging the gap between planning software and how operations teams actually work. At StockIQ, he leads customer education on demand forecasting, end-of-life inventory, and S&OP