Khaleal Patel

Agricultural Systems Management @ Texas A&M · Supply Chain & Operations

Projects

Inventory Optimizer results tiles, sliders, and on-hand chart

Inventory Optimizer

Ordering only when the shelf is empty causes stockouts and ties up cash in the wrong items.

  • Stockout weeks cut from 605 to 32 across 60 real SKUs
  • Fill rate up from 79.8% to 99.1% at a 95% service level
  • Carrying cost $15.1k to $30.9k buys back $128.4k of lost margin
Warehouse floor heat map after velocity slotting, with top movers

Warehouse Slotting Tool

Pickers walk too far when fast-moving items sit at the back of the building.

  • Weekly pick distance cut 72.1% on a 200 SKU sample (60,095 to 16,762 steps)
  • Heat map of a 10 aisle, 20 bay, 3 level floor, random vs velocity
  • Upload your own SKU list as CSV; oversize items route to bulk

Suzy · automated front desk for independent hotels

Small hotels miss calls and texts overnight because nobody is at the desk.

  • Built and operate an SMS and voice system that answers guest questions and handles requests around the clock
  • Runs live at independent properties with 99%+ uptime
  • Replaced overnight desk coverage for operators who could not staff it

Skills

Inventory control (EOQ/ROP) · Demand planning · Procurement · Lean Six Sigma · Excel · SQL · Tableau · SAP