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Capital Equipment Forecast Accuracy Improvement Project

Student Team:

Farzad Siraj – EGL (BSE/MSE Computer Science)
Maria Fernanda Guerrero Pineiro – Master of Business Administration

Project Sponsors:

Brooke Story  – President Integrated Diagnostic Solutions
Kate Wetzel – Vice President, Business Process Excellence
Nilesh Bodade – Director of E2E Process Digitalization and Data Science

Faculty Advisors:

Joline Uichanco – Ross School of Business
Christian Lastoskie – College of Engineering

BD is a dynamic global medical technology leader that touches billions of patients worldwide. Post-pandemic demand for BD’s products has been more volatile than ever, making traditional forecasting techniques inadequate to predict demand and supply. The project’s primary objective is to analyze the current process, identify pain points, and propose process/tool improvements to improve demand forecasting.