
Carol McIntosh assumed the role of business consultant for Kinaxis in July 2000. Carol has been involved in numerous sales cycles resulting in the partnership of customers such as RIM, Qualcomm, Hubbell, and Agilent to name a few. Carol supports companies through their decision making process by focusing on their business challenges, providing guidance on opportunities for improvement through the use of RapidResponse, demonstrating RapidResponse, and ensuring that value is clearly evident through a return on investment assessment.
Prior to joining Kinaxis, Carol held a number of management positions in the supply chain industry, including that of supply chain manager, customer service manager, planning manager, purchasing manager, and individual contributor roles in supply chain planning. Carol worked for Nortel Networks, SCI Systems and NCR. Carol was also a former customer of Kinaxis and has directly benefited from use of the solution.
Carol earned an Honours Bachelor of Business Administration Degree from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Blog posts by Carol
- Control Tower Concepts: What might go wrong? A case for a strong project management plan. January 26th, 2012
- Are you holding your supply chain data hostage? November 25th, 2011
- Managing the outsourced supply chain – good decisions can’t be made without the right data September 27th, 2011
- Are you taking sustainability seriously? September 13th, 2011
- What’s the cost of addressing supply chain risks? July 26th, 2011
- When demand exceeds supply. May 26th, 2011
- Master scheduling and constraint planning – How important is this? April 20th, 2011
- 2011 – The year for supply chain transformation? February 15th, 2011
- Bio pharma and high tech electronics – the same or different? February 4th, 2011
- The supply chain disruptions you’ll never plan for December 22nd, 2010
All blog posts by Carol
2012
- Control Tower Concepts: What might go wrong? A case for a strong project management plan. January 26th, 2012
2011
- Are you holding your supply chain data hostage? November 25th, 2011
- Managing the outsourced supply chain – good decisions can’t be made without the right data September 27th, 2011
- Are you taking sustainability seriously? September 13th, 2011
- What’s the cost of addressing supply chain risks? July 26th, 2011
- When demand exceeds supply. May 26th, 2011
- Master scheduling and constraint planning – How important is this? April 20th, 2011
- 2011 – The year for supply chain transformation? February 15th, 2011
- Bio pharma and high tech electronics – the same or different? February 4th, 2011
2010
- The supply chain disruptions you’ll never plan for December 22nd, 2010
- Successful outsourcing requires good relationships (not just good contracts) with suppliers November 29th, 2010
- When bad news falls on deaf ears September 22nd, 2010
- To outsource or not outsource…that is the question August 31st, 2010
- World Cup and the supply chain: a comparison June 29th, 2010
- Do YOU have enough SUPPLY? May 17th, 2010
- Will companies think differently after suffering the consequences of Eyjafjallajokull? April 29th, 2010
2009
- ‘Twas the Night Before… and all through the supply chain’ December 22nd, 2009
- One platform…but at what cost and compromise? November 17th, 2009
- Is something broken with sales and operations planning? October 26th, 2009
- When will consumers start buying more? October 22nd, 2009
- What do teams look like? August 12th, 2009
- The inherent nature of today’s supply chain requires a rethinking of the supporting technical architecture August 6th, 2009
- The customer is always #1 July 22nd, 2009
- Supply chain deployments: should they be “all you can eat buffet” or “a la carte”? June 22nd, 2009
- Involving the right stakeholders in the demand planning process June 9th, 2009
- Supply management: should all suppliers be considered equal? May 26th, 2009
- Lord Kelvin was a smart guy, but… May 14th, 2009
- Will you be ready with adequate capacity planning? May 7th, 2009
- Top 10 indicators of an inventory problem at work March 30th, 2009
- Consider supply chain data an asset – not a liability March 27th, 2009
- Demand management at the donut shop March 5th, 2009


