André Jacobs has been involved in the Supply Chain Logistics industry since the early 1990's. He was a founding partner of AJMJ Consultants (Pty) Ltd, a leading, independent Supply Chain Logistics Consultancy in 1989. During the last 15 years Andre assisted major blue chip organizations such as SABMiller, Coca Cola and Heineken to improve their route-to-market strategies and coached hundreds of sales and distribution managers and operatives to implement world class sales and distribution leading practices.André also lectures widely on these subjects at business schools and universities. André holds a Master degree in Business Leadership from the University of South Africa Business School and is a member of the Supply Chain Council.Specialties: Strategic, Business and Operational plans aimed at supply chain management and supply chain logistics improvementBenchmarking analysis and Best Practice implementation using the Supply Chain Council’s SCOR approachCustomer service improvementMarket segmentation for supply chain logistics operationsRoute-to-Market configuration and improvement focusing on Channel, Sales & Distribution configuration