Hicham Lahlou
Managing Partner at frePPLe
La Baule-Escoublac, Pays de la Loire, France
Summary
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Top SchoolHicham Lahlou is a managing partner at frePPLe with over a decade of experience specializing in supply chain planning, forecasting, spare parts optimization, and capacity-constrained production. He combines hands-on backend development on the open-source frePPLe planning engine with deep consulting expertise deploying inventory optimization suites for aerospace and defense clients like Airbus and Dassault. His career spans technical leadership roles implementing MIME spare-parts optimization, causal forecasting, and finite-capacity master planning across high-stakes environments. Hicham translates complex OR models into practical SaaS tools that help mid-size manufacturers escape fragile Excel processes and scale planning maturity. Notably, he has driven features to export purchase plans and improve global purchasing workflows in frePPLe, bridging algorithmic rigor with real-world operational needs. Based in La Baule-Escoublac, he blends academic training in operations research with pragmatic product development to deliver measurable service-level and inventory improvements.
10 years of coding experience
Engineer, Robotics, and Automation Engineering, Engineer, Robotics, and Automation Engineering at IMT AtlantiqueMaster's degree, Operations Research, Master's degree, Operations Research at Université de Montréal - Ecole polytechnique de Montréal
English, French
Github Skills (8)
model-building10
sql10
python10
modeling10
django10
model-driven-development10
model-driven10
database-design8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
frePPLe/frepple
Mar 2016 - Jan 2023
frePPLe - open source supply chain planning
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:570 commits, 1 PR, 19 pushes in 6 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Hicham contributed to the frePPLe supply chain planning project by implementing features to export parameters for SAIC and develop features for the global purchase functionality. The commits involve modifications to Django models, adding features to the application's core planning logic. These changes focused on improving functionality related to exporting purchase plans and distribution orders, and improving the functionality of the core supply chain planning engine.
supply-chainblockchainchainsupplyplanning
frePPLe/odoo_magnetsource_fork
Mar 2023 - Oct 2024
Odoo addon to integrate frepple's advanced production planning, forecasting and inventory planning.
Contributions:1 PR, 45 pushes in 1 year 6 months
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