Saipe & Associates

Dr. Alan Saipe has been involved with supply chain management for most of his working career – as a management consultant, an educator, and a line manager. He has consulted for more than 30 years with BearingPoint, formerly KPMG Consulting, and its predecessor companies, and now, as the Principal of Saipe & Associates. His portfolio of clients includes major corporations such as Grand & Toy, The Ottawa Hospital, Canadian Blood Services, Rothman Benson and Hedges, Kal Tire, Wolseley Canada, Industry Canada and Unilever.

His supply chain consulting experience began in 1978 when he joined Stevenson & Kellogg’s physical distribution practice. He has led and contributed to hundreds of client projects dealing with a wide range of strategic and operational matters in many industries. He led the logistics practices at Peat Marwick Stevenson & Kellogg and at KPMG Consulting. He formed Saipe & Associates in 2003 when he retired as a Managing Director from BearingPoint where he also led the Canadian supply chain logistics practice.

Dr. Saipe has been involved in non-degree executive education since 1975, launching the Supply Chain Management Centre of Excellence at the Schulich Executive Education Centre in 2002, and continues to teach in its programs.  He is past Chairman of Supply Chain & Logistics Canada, now the Supply Chain Management Association. He also served for 5 years on the Board of Directors of the Central Ontario Hospital Procurement Alliance. Dr. Saipe obtained his B.A.Sc. in Engineering Science and his M.A.Sc. and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Toronto.

Dr. Saipe's breadth and depth of strategic consulting experience in the supply chain field adds significant value to our supply chain design projects. His vast knowledge will complement and enhance our modeling and analytical skills and strengthen the conceptual thinking capabilities of our team.

SDI Latin America

Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, SDI is a multi-national organization with operations around the world. With over 30 years in existence, it is one of the leading specialists worldwide in providing integrated solutions for distribution centers of different industries, including retail, wholesale distribution and e-commerce. As a global systems integrator, SDI designs solutions that improve productivity and operating margins to sustain growth. Its professionals work closely with the client, delivering financial returns and operational efficiency to the company.

As part of a regional growth process, SDI acquired Vatic Consulting Group— a Colombian company with 10 years of experience in the region specializing in strategic, tactical and operational supply chain consulting. Vatic Consulting had been our consulting partner in Colombia for a number of years prior to this acquisition and we continue to work together in regional projects where our supply chain modeling and analytical capabilities add value to SDI's offerings. As a team, we have completed successful assignments for well-known Colombian corporations such as Alquería (dairy products), Servientrega (courier services), Cueros Velez (retail) and Productos Ramo (confectionery products).