Sheryl Bercier

SHERYL BERCIER is a Senior Consultant of ROBERT ABAIR ASSOCIATES, INC.; a manufacturing consulting firm specializing in ERP/MRP II, Lean/Agile Manufacturing, JIT, TQM, and related conuslting and education. Prior to joining Robert Abair Associates, Ms. Bercier was Director of Materials with Gerber Technology, Inc., Tolland, Connecticut.

Previous to Gerber, Ms. Bercier was Materials Manager with Gerber CAD Division. Ms. Bercier has also held the position of Inventory Supervisor, Production Control Manager, and Procurement Manager.

Sheryl has more than twenty years experience in materials and manufacturing with experience in ERP, Lean/Agile Manufacturing process, Supply Chain Management, Forecasting and Sales and Operations Planning. Sheryl's expertise, in the areas of Inventory Control, Vendor Managed Inventory, and Master Scheduling, has allowed her to implement programs that have greatly reduced inventory; improved inventory turns and reduced overall cost.

Sheryl has recently implemented both SAP's R3 ERP system and Oracle's ERP system in global environments. Sheryl has successfully implemented the latest concepts in Supply Chain Management and has lead numerous global outsourcing programs.

Sheryl has managed in a multi-plant environment in both the US and in Europe. She conducted the financial review of inventory for three acquisitions and the relocation and consolidation of inventories with no loss to production and customer shipments. Sheryl manage and controlled inventory for seven European warehouses, and warehouses in Australia, Hong Kong, and Mexico.

Sheryl is a certified practitioner in the field of production and inventory management and has been active in APICS for over 18 years. She is also a member of the Purchasing Management Association.

She has developed training and education courses in the areas of, ERP/MRP II, Supply Chain, JIT, Inventory Control, Forecasting, and Master Production Scheduling. Sheryl has lead inventory flow and warehouse design layouts, utilizing the latest lean technologies in material handling, bar coding, and material flow. Sheryl has developed Logistics programs concentrating on the management and control of the shipping operations and freight cost.

Ms. Bercier has a BA from Assumption College. Sheryl has also completed Post-graduate work in Business Administration/Management.

Ms. Bercier has been a speaker and educator, in the US and in Europe, on the topics of lean, Inventory Control, Formal Systems Implementation, and Supply Chain Management.

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