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Lukesh Singla
Lukesh Singla

Lukesh Singla

Supply Chain Product Leader
Nike
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Lukesh Singla is a supply chain product leader specializing in AI-enabled retail planning, predictive analytics, and digital transformation. At Nike, he owns product strategy for materials planning and supplier decision workflows across a $9B global materials spend, delivering measurable gains including ~5% planning efficiency, ~10% operating cost reduction, and ~7% forecast accuracy improvement, with stronger materials responsiveness. Previously at o9 Solutions, he architected enterprise planning transformations (IBP/S&OP, demand/supply planning, and optimization-led workflows) for global clients. Lukesh has 6 published papers spanning GenAI in planning, forecast bias, and cognitive/digital-twin supply chains, and participates in industry events.


Balancing Long-Lead and Short-Lead Materials to Enable Fast Fashion at Global Scale

Apparel and footwear supply chains face a persistent structural tension between long-lead material commitments and short-lead demand responsiveness. Locking decisions too early increases inventory risk, while delaying decisions can constrain speed and service levels. This session presents a practical analytics-driven planning framework, grounded in real-world retail implementations, for deciding what to commit early and what to delay.

The talk draws on experience leading materials planning and supply chain innovation in global apparel environments. It demonstrates how demand segmentation, scenario planning, and service-level tradeoff analysis help organizations balance responsiveness with cost and working capital constraints. While rooted in apparel and footwear, the framework is broadly applicable to other industries facing demand uncertainty and long lead times. Attendees will gain actionable insights into how analytics enables faster, more confident supply chain decisions at scale.

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