{"id":5581,"date":"2024-02-28T16:45:13","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T16:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/?page_id=5581"},"modified":"2024-02-28T16:45:13","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T16:45:13","slug":"polly-mitchell-guthrie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/speakers\/polly-mitchell-guthrie\/","title":{"rendered":"Polly Mitchell-Guthrie"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-5581\" data-postid=\"5581\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-5581 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row dropPadding-bottom tb_0l52602 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-1 tb_0ygc603 first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_esex603 image-top   tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Polly_Mitchell-Guthrie.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-5542\" title=\"Polly Mitchell-Guthrie\" alt=\"Polly Mitchell-Guthrie\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Polly_Mitchell-Guthrie.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Polly_Mitchell-Guthrie-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <div class=\"image-content\">\n                    <h3 class=\"image-title\">\n                                    Polly Mitchell-Guthrie                            <\/h3>\n                    <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-content -->\n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-3 tb_g2w3604 last\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_t7c7604   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h1>Polly Mitchell-Guthrie<\/h1>\n<h5>Kinaxis<\/h5>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_2plz358 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion  glossy tb_default_color\">\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-2plz358-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-2plz358-0-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                    <i class=\"accordion-icon\"><svg  class=\"tf_fa tf-ti-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-ti-plus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i>                    <i class=\"accordion-active-icon tf_hide\"><svg  class=\"tf_fa tf-ti-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-ti-minus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i>                    <span class=\"accordion-title-wrap\">Bio<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-2plz358-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-2plz358-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p>Polly Mitchell-Guthrie is the VP of Industry Outreach and Thought Leadership at Kinaxis, the recognized leader in digital supply chain management for concurrent planning. Prior to joining Kinaxis, she was the Director of Analytical Consulting Services within Enterprise Analytics and Data Sciences at the University of North Carolina Health Care System. Previously she was Senior Manager of the Advanced Analytics Customer Liaison Group at analytics powerhouse SAS, where her team served as a bridge between R&amp;D and external customers and internal SAS divisions. Before that she was Director of the SAS Global Academic Program, leading SAS\u2019 outreach to colleges and universities worldwide to incorporate SAS into their teaching. Polly began her career at SAS in Strategic Investments and later served in Alliances, after working in the nonprofit sector in philanthropy and social services. She has an MBA from the Kenan-Flagler Business School of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she also received her BA in Political Science as a Morehead Scholar. Polly is a member of the Foresight Advisory Board for the International Institute of Forecasters, was a co-founder of the third chapter of Women in Machine Learning and Data Science (now 100 chapters on 6 continents), and has been very active with INFORMS (the leading association for professionals in analytic and operations research), where she was a founding member and Chair of the Analytics Certification Board and Secretary of the Analytics Society.<\/p>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-css_id=\"u6fe602\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row fullwidth_row_container tb_u6fe602 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_84q1605 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_k572608 track  \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h6>Track: Logistics<\/h6>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_xwmz608   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>Making AI-Powered Forecasts Useful to Supply Chains<\/h2>\n<p>Artificial intelligence has tremendous promise, but it is not enough to sprinkle AI fairy dust on a forecast to make it useful for supply chains. After all, as statistician George Box famously told us, &#8220;All models are wrong, some are useful.&#8221; What does it take to make useful forecasting models, and what is the role that AI plays in doing so? How do we manage the balance of automation and human insight? How can we mitigate \u2018wrong\u2019 forecasts that occur from information failures before and after the model is built? Intelligent agility can mitigate tradeoffs and help manage disruptions to ensure that forecasting feeds into a process that delivers the value the C-suite expects these days from supply chain. 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Prior to joining Kinaxis, she was the Director of Analytical Consulting Services within Enterprise Analytics and Data Sciences at the University of North Carolina Health Care System. Previously she was Senior Manager of the Advanced Analytics Customer Liaison Group at analytics powerhouse SAS, where her team served as a bridge between R&amp;D and external customers and internal SAS divisions. Before that she was Director of the SAS Global Academic Program, leading SAS\u2019 outreach to colleges and universities worldwide to incorporate SAS into their teaching. Polly began her career at SAS in Strategic Investments and later served in Alliances, after working in the nonprofit sector in philanthropy and social services. She has an MBA from the Kenan-Flagler Business School of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she also received her BA in Political Science as a Morehead Scholar. 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