Jari Kaukiainen

Jari works as business development director of I-Plan world, the company delivering a complete solution for Tactical and Operational Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) for the pulp, paper and packaging industry. Jari is a supply chain planning expert by education and recently, more and more interested in how supply chains can operate more sustainable ways.

Jari has +20 years of industry consulting experience, implementing S&OP and other critical IT solutions for MES and ERP with many customers both in Europe and globally. Recent focus has been in improving customers business planning, starting from annual and monthly processes focusing market demand and supply balancing opportunities and the resulting financial outcome.  Jari is Finnish, so forest and related products are part of his DNA.