Jim Piermarini holds a Chemical Engineering degree from University of Massachusetts at Amherst and has extensive experience in the chemical industry, including ten years working as a engineer in a chemical plant and twenty+ additional years working with businesses to improve manufacturing operations at companies such as Dow Chemical, Amerigas, Logitech, Coca-Cola, Rohm and Haas, ExxonMobil, Sunoco, Phillips Petroleum, Chevron Phillips, Basell, and DSWaters. Jim excels at implementing technology with maximum positive impact to the business. His technical areas of expertise include eBusiness, supply chain management, and system design. Business functions include: strategic planning, tactical planning, production scheduling, deployment scheduling, transportation planning, transportation scheduling, pipeline scheduling, and eBusiness communications.Specialties: Supply Chain expert in the process industry. Special emphasis on forecasting, planning, scheduling, and inventory management.