Mr. Nicholas is an independent consultant organized as Nicholas Consulting Services, Inc. (NCSI). Prior to starting NCSI in early 2002, he was a Senior Manager with PwC’s Supply Chain Strategy Practice. Before joining PwC (formerly C&L) in 1996, Tom spent six years with PepsiCo, working at Frito-Lay in production management and at PepsiCo Food Services (PFS) managing Logistics projects. His recent experience includes engagements in network optimization, capacity planning, sales and operations planning (S&OP), inventory analysis, make-buy analysis, and supply chain performance measurement. He has earned his MS in Supply Chain Management. The work he most enjoys is guiding companies as they develop in-house supply chain optimization modeling and analysis capabilities.Specialties: Supply Chain StrategyManufacturing Cost ReductionSupply Chain Optimization (Plant or DC Network Design)Capacity Planning (Strategic and Tactical)Performance Measurement (Supply Chain / Operations)Inventory ManagementPlanning & Scheduling Process ImprovementSales & Operations PlanningTransportation Cost ReductionExpert or Experienced User of Supply Chain Modeling Tools, including:LogicNet PlusSupply Chain Guru (Llamasoft)SCGX (Llamasoft)