t14 Consulting, LLC Cary, NC 27518, USA info@t14-consulting.com About t14 Consulting Thomas Burkhardt has over 16 years of experience leading the development of retail industry solutions working for SAP, i2 Technologies (now JDA) and SAS. Before founding t14, Thomas was a Director in Research and Development at SAS Institute in Cary, NC. In his 7 years with the company, he was responsible for the back-end development of the following SAS Merchandise Intelligence solutions: SAS Retail Enterprise Forecasting SAS Revenue Optimization (Regular Price Optimization, Promotion Optimization, Markdown Optimization) SAS Size Optimization (Size Profiling, Pack Optimization) Thomas Burkhardt has been awarded several patents in the following areas: large-scale distributed planning and optimization architecture optimization techniques in the area of replenishment and fulfillment He earned his M.S. degree in Computer Science and minored in the field of Operations Research at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany in 1998. t14 Consulting was founded by Thomas Burkhardt in 2011 in recognition of the challenges faced by retail customers of advanced analytic solutions. These challenges include optimizing the business process and seamlessly integrating enterprise applications. t14 implements scalable business processes to extract maximum value while minimizing implementation and integration cost. Our implementations are minimally invasive to IT operations, while drawing from the rich experience from previous customers. The following range of services is provided by t14 Consulting: Custom Solution Development Implementation Services In only three years t14 has helped several customers to extract maximum value from analytic solutions: Custom Allocation and Ordering solution leveraging SAS Size Optimization for a $2.2 billion retailer. Custom solution for Product-centric, Actionable, global, consumer-based text mining for a $38 billion dollar retailer/ manufacturer. Custom VMI solution leveraging SAS Retail Forecasting and Size Optimization for a $4.7 billion retailer/wholesaler. Implementation of SAS Fraud and Anti-money laundering for a $9.5 billion financial institution. Implementation of SAS Markdown Optimization for a $7 billion retailer. Technical lead and product expert for SAS Size Optimization for a $22 billion retailer. Architect for SAS Forecasting solution integration with E3 replenishment.