SherTrack’s probabilistic technology, SNAPPS, was developed based on large-scale empirical research showing that statistical process control precepts would be effective in managing customer demand and determining the optimal system response.  Until SNAPPS, manufacturers with significant product change over costs could not adopt the Lean Pull approach due to incomplete customer signals.  SNAPPS probabilistic algorithms provide a synthetic demand signal that virtually eliminates the impact of forecast error on plant operations.

In our vision, the demand-driven predictive manufacturer:

ü      Synchronizes production with demand,

ü      Makes the right amount of the right product at the highest margin,

ü      Maximizes production yield,

ü       Optimizes capacity utilization, and

ü       Minimizes production cost

This new predictive manufacturing solution from SherTrack enables companies to do just that, with reduced risks and costs. By leveraging the software-as-a-service (SaaS) model, companies experience a lower total cost of ownership. And less integration work greatly shortens time to results. SNAPPS simulation can easily validate and test the new process requirements, reducing the cost of refining and tuning the plant models and associated supply chain policies.

How do best-in-class manufacturers measure themselves? By their ability to respond to their customers’ needs with agility, flexibility, speed and uncompromised production economics.

Alfred E. Sherk - Founder, Chairman, & CEO
The founder of SherTrack, Mr. Alfred Sherk is also the Chairman and CEO of the company. Previously, Alf founded e-Chemicals Inc. which was subsequently acquired by Aspen Technology in 2000. Alf worked for 16 years as an executive with Dow Chemical, where he ran the specialty chemicals business in Canada, and held various positions in information technology, sales, marketing, and business management.

Alf earned a Masters of Science in Organic Chemistry from the University of Waterloo and received his MBA from the University of Western Ontario.

Gregory L. Schlegel - VP Business Development
Gregory L. Schlegel CPIM, CSP, Jonah   recently joined SherTrack as VP of Business Development. Greg brings over 30 years of supply chain practitioner experience with several Fortune 100 companies across multiple industries focusing on process chemicals. He has held executive positions in the systems, staff and plant operations environments with companies such as Hercules Chemical, Sandvik Specialty Steel, International Harvester, Schlumberger, Loral Aerospace & Defense Electronics, GAF/ISP Specialty Chemicals and most recently as IBM Supply Chain Solutions Executive for the Process Industry.   As an IBM Industry Subject Matter Expert, Greg has worked with over 100 Fortune 200 organizations and has presented papers on supply chain management and e-business throughout Europe, Scandinavia, Australia, South America, South Africa and the Middle East.

Greg was APICS’ 1997 International Society President. He is a qualified CPIM/CIRM instructor and a frequent speaker at conferences, seminars, Webinars and dinner meetings. He is widely published and is presently on the Editorial Board of DC Velocity magazine

Greg has recently been recertified in Production & Inventory Management with APICS under their new Lifelong Learning Program.  He is a graduate of Penn State, holding a B.S. in Operations Research and Computer Science, and has attended Lake Forest College of Graduate Studies.

Colin A Wearring - CTO
Joining SherTrack in 2003, Colin has 20 years experience developing and deploying innovative Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Product Lifecycle Management and Computer Assisted Engineering solutions. His expertise covers the development and deployment of new enterprise solutions and the associated business process change management required to realize business benefit.

As Executive Program Manager for EDS from 1999 to 2003, Colin deployed next generation visualization and collaboration solutions for the extended enterprise that were recognized with a customer CIO honor award. As VP Software for VSA, Colin directed development and integration of the first PLM toolkit for predictive analytics of dimensional quality, culminating in the 1999 sale of VSA to the market leading visualization vendor which was subsequently acquired by EDS/UGS.

Colin has a Masters in Engineering from the University of Cincinnati and an MBA from the University of Michigan. He has served on national committees, published in numerous technical journals, and holds a patent for his work in the development of predictive modeling and analytics.