Mr. Springman has spent 10 years helping companies to improve their supply chains. Prior to starting Springman Consulting in 2001, Brian was a Senior Manager in the Supply Chain practice of Cap Gemini Ernst & Young. He has had a broad range of experiences managing improvement projects in many industries across the entire order-to-cash process and the Finance/Treasury functions.

Most of Mr. Springman's clients have been large companies with complex supply chains that extend throughout the globe. The following is a partial list of Brian's clients:

• Ashland Oil
• CSX Corporation
• Duke Energy
• Hoechst Celanese
• Kmart
• Maersk/Sea-Land
• MAHLE
• National Gypsum Company
• Philips Petroleum
• UPS Logistics

Some of Mr. Springman's particular areas of functional experience are:

• Customer Service
• Inventory Control
• Lean Manufacturing Techniques
• Order Management
• Post Merger Integration
• Process Reengineering
• Production Planning
• Project Management
• Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
• Software Development
• Supply Chain Management
• Supply Chain Intelligence
• Transportation & Logistics
• Treasury

 

Prior to becoming a consultant, Mr. Springman earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Tufts University. He then spent three years as a Manufacturing Engineer and Production Supervisor with Asea Brown Boveri, working in a wide variety of manufacturing processes. In 1992, he left ABB to attend Carnegie Mellon University where he was awarded a MS in Industrial Administration (MBA) with distintion. Mr. Springman received his certification in production and inventory management from APICS in 1995.  Mr. Springman received his certification as a project management professional from PMI in 2004.

Brian has made supply chain presentations at the annual APICS Conference, APICS chapter meetings and the Penn State Center for Supply Chain Research.