Put a Supply Chain Data Nerd on Your Stage
You know the speaker who reads 40 slides of bullet points at your audience? I’m the other kind.
I talk about supply chains and data science with the charts running live: forecasts that survive contact with reality, AI agents that place real orders, and what happens when procurement people learn to code. Everything I show runs on real numbers. Live, if the venue Wi-Fi cooperates.
If you run a conference, a podcast, a livecast, or an internal event, here’s what I bring and how to book it.
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What I Talk About
Five signature themes. Each one gets rebuilt around your audience, your industry, and your time slot. Nobody gets a reheated deck.
I Gave an AI Agent the Reorder Button
What actually happens when an AI agent makes a live replenishment decision. Trust, guardrails, and the parts of planning work that agents will eat first.
Forecasting That Earns Its Keep
Plenty of forecasting processes add cost without adding accuracy. How to measure forecast value added, run an honest model horse race, and know when the naive forecast wins.
The Beer Game, Played by Machines
I made AI models run a supply chain against each other for five simulated years. The bullwhip effect explained through the mistakes machines and humans share.
Data Science for Procurement
Spend analysis, supplier segmentation, and cost driver analytics with code instead of pivot tables. From the author of “R For Purchasing Professionals.”
AI Literacy for Operations Leaders
What AI actually costs, what open-weight models change, and which vendor claims deserve a raised eyebrow. Zero hype. Some math.
Want something else at the intersection of supply chain, procurement, forecasting, and AI? Ask. Custom topics are half the fun.
Formats
| Format | What it looks like |
|---|---|
| Keynote / conference talk | 20 to 60 minutes. Data-driven, story-first, live demos where the format allows. |
| Podcast / livecast guest | Your show, your format. I bring opinions, numbers to back them, and no media training to sand the edges off. |
| Panel | I’ll take the contrarian seat. Panels where everyone agrees are naps with microphones. |
| Workshop / masterclass | Half a day to two days, hands-on. Your team leaves with running R or Python code, not a certificate of attendance. |
| Internal event / webinar | Leadership briefings, team days, learning weeks. Remote or on-site. |
Why Book Me
- I’ve done the job. 15+ years leading purchasing and supply chain teams across five industries in European manufacturing. When I talk about MRP parameters or supplier escalations, it’s from the driver’s seat.
- I build what I present. The forecasting models, the simulations, the interactive dashboards on this blog: I wrote them. Your audience can go home and reproduce every chart.
- Credentials, if you collect those. CPIM and CSCP (ASCM/APICS), Certified Quality Manager, and a book on R for purchasing professionals.
- I’ve done this before. I’ve presented at AI conventions on applying data science and AI to supply chain operations.
- Nothing to sell. No software, no consulting funnel, no slide 38 with pricing tiers. Just the material.
The Practical Bits
- Languages: English or German. Pick one, or let the audience decide.
- Location: Based in Bavaria, Germany. I travel for on-site events and I’m happy to appear remotely.
- Tech: I bring my own demos. If your stage has a screen and your stream has audio, we’re in business.
How Booking Works
- Email me with the event, the date, the audience, and the format. Three sentences are plenty.
- We talk for 20 minutes. You tell me what your audience struggles with. I pitch you an angle. If it doesn’t fit, I’ll say so and save us both the calendar invite.
- Confirmed. You get a bio, a photo, a talk abstract, and a speaker who shows up prepared and on time.
Honest FAQ
What does it cost? Depends on format, prep, and travel. Asking is free, and I answer fast.
Do you use slides? Fewer than you fear. Mostly charts, and they move.
Can we record and share it? Usually yes. Let’s agree on it up front.
Will you pitch us anything? No. I have nothing to sell you except an opinion and some working code.
How far in advance should we ask? Conferences: a few months. Podcasts: a few weeks. Emergencies: try me anyway.
Your audience has sat through enough vendor keynotes. Email jan-philipp.grabowski@inphronesys.com and let’s give them something they’ll quote in the hallway afterwards.