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SIOP / S&OP: Proactive Approach to Maximizing Production Output & Capacity

Clients are struggling to keep up with customer's changing requests. Order backlogs remain relatively high (depending on the industry), but customers are pushing orders out at the last minute, pulling orders in without notice, adding future potential orders, and changing requirements on the fly. Production is scrambling to keep up.
2024-03-29T23:15:44-07:00January 5, 2024|Categories: Capacity Planning, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Scalability & Resource Planning, SIOP - S&OP, SIOP Execution - S&OE, SIOP Planning & Execution, Supply Chain Planning|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |
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The Power of SIOP / S&OP in Fueling Profitable Growth

In the last month, clients have been proving the critical importance of SIOP (Sales Inventory Operations Planning), also known as S&OP or IBP (Integrated Business Planning) time and again.
2024-03-29T23:23:38-07:00November 1, 2023|Categories: I've Been Thinking, SIOP - S&OP, SIOP Execution - S&OE, SIOP Planning & Execution|Tags: , , , , , , , , |
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Optimizing Business Decision Tradeoffs with SIOP

Making the appropriate business decisions will make or break success. Executives get paid the big bucks to make these decisions. Unfortunately, one poor decision can outweigh thousands of good ones rapidly. SIOP (Sales Inventory Operations Planning), also known as S&OP, is a tool that will optimize these tradeoffs for effective decision making.
2024-03-29T23:39:17-07:00July 17, 2023|Categories: I've Been Thinking, Manufacturing, Process Improvement, SIOP - S&OP, SIOP Planning & Execution|Tags: , , , , |
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SIOP / S&OP: Don’t Reshore; Move Manufacturing Forward

Globalization is not working. Geopolitics abound. For example, the war in Russia and Ukraine ravages on. There are concerns around the nuclear power plant in Ukraine, occupied by Russia. And that is aside from the impact on oil, food, commodities and much more. China continues to threaten Taiwan and has already changed Hong Kong. It is no longer the same for business. There are countless risks throughout the world.
2024-03-29T23:41:23-07:00July 5, 2023|Categories: Manufacturing, Reshoring/ Nearshoring, SIOP - S&OP, SIOP Planning & Execution|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |
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SIOP / S&OP: Balance Customer Orders, Inventory, & Profitability

If you want to serve your key customers successfully (with high on-time-in-full (OTIF), short lead times, and proactive service) so that you can take advantage of the opportunities coming down the pike while addressing the hard realities of the current business environment (potential recessions, high interest rates, and less access to capital), you MUST balance sales, operations and inventory.
2023-09-19T16:44:26-07:00May 1, 2023|Categories: Inventory Management, Manufacturing, Production & Inventory Management, SIOP - S&OP, SIOP Execution - S&OE, SIOP Planning & Execution, Supply Chain Planning|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |
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Lisa Anderson, Manufacturing & Supply Chain Expert Sees SIOP Process Critical to Tumultuous Times

CLAREMONT, Calif., March 21, 2023 /ExpertClick/ -- Manufacturing and Supply Chain Expert Lisa Anderson, MBA, CSCP, CLTD, known as the Strongest Link in Your Supply Chain® and President of LMA Consulting Group Inc., predicts that establishing processes is critical to strengthening the supply chain during tumultuous times. LMA Consulting Group [...]

2024-01-16T22:08:40-08:00March 21, 2023|Categories: Press Releases, SIOP - S&OP, SIOP Planning & Execution|Tags: , , , |
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Interlinks: Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning (SIOP)

In this episode, and the next, of Interlinks we talk to Lisa Anderson and Diane Garcia of LMA Consulting Group in Los Angeles, California who are co-authors of a new book titled SIOP – Creating Predictable Revenue and EBITDA Growth.
2024-01-17T16:42:01-08:00March 15, 2023|Categories: In The News, In the News Highlights, Podcasts, SIOP - S&OP, SIOP Execution - S&OE, SIOP Planning & Execution, SIOP Videos|Tags: , , |
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SIOP/ S&OP Playbook: Creating Predictability & EBITDA Growth

The "Solution" to Successfully Dealing with Shortages, Delays & Inflation Supply Chains: There is No "Return to Normal" There is no "return to normal". Non-stop disruptions are the norm. Proactive clients are still struggling to hire the "right" talent in the "right" place at the "right" time. Material lead [...]

2023-09-19T16:23:32-07:00March 7, 2023|Categories: SIOP - S&OP, SIOP Planning & Execution|Tags: , , , , , , |
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Lisa Anderson, Manufacturing & Supply Chain Expert Publishes Book on SIOP Process

As originally published on CISION PR Newswire on February 16, 2023 CLAREMONT, Calif., February 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Manufacturing and Supply Chain Expert Lisa Anderson, MBA, CSCP, CLTD, known as the Strongest Link in Your Supply Chain® and President of LMA Consulting Group Inc., has published: SIOP (Sales Inventory Operations [...]

2024-01-17T16:46:39-08:00February 16, 2023|Categories: Press Releases, SIOP - S&OP, SIOP Execution - S&OE, SIOP Planning & Execution|Tags: |
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SIOP (Sales Inventory Operations Planning) Book Published

I am thrilled to announce that I have published a book on SIOP (Sales Inventory Operations Planning), also known as S&OP and IBP (Integrated Business Planning). Why is SIOP VITAL to Success? I think our introduction says it well, and so I'm going to give you a preview. As [...]

2024-01-17T16:51:18-08:00February 14, 2023|Categories: I've Been Thinking, SIOP - S&OP, SIOP Execution - S&OE, SIOP Planning & Execution|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |
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