Published November 21, 2014 I just left an executive SIOP (sales, inventory & operations planning) meeting with a client. We are rejuvenating the process to gain alignment and to spur a rapid improvement in on-time delivery (which will be followed by a reduction in lead times). I've been working [...]
Profit through People by mentoring, listening, training and valuing employee input and contributions. As I’ve been going through my hundreds of articles to put together the 100 tips, it’s become obvious as to which topics resonated with me as essential to delivering bottom line business results. Here are a [...]
Originally published on PR Newswire on October 15, 2013 Lisa Anderson, president of LMA consulting Group, will lead attendees through an online webinar "Leverage Social Networks to Drive Business Results" on Wednesday, November 13 at 11 a.m. PT, to help businesses and manufacturers get a better understanding of how [...]
In my conversations and discussions with clients, bankers, CPA's and business contacts, I have a different picture than is presented in the news and is implied in recent stock market performance. In my view, there is a stabilization; however, this "new normal" business environment is one characterized by lower [...]
Originally published on PR Newswire on November 27, 2012 Business managers and entrepreneurs can not only drive bottom line business results by leveraging emerging supply chain trends, they can also stand out in the crowd in today's competition-intense new normal business environment, according to Lisa Anderson founder and President [...]
One of my colleagues, Vicki Jeter, is exceptional at designing and implementing lean for I.T. – in essence, Lean I.T. is about providing value in the eyes of the customer, driving out non-value-added work, and leveraging systems to achieve bottom line results. A few tips I’ve learned from her [...]
CLAREMONT, Calif., December 1, 2018/ExpertClick/ -- Culture plays a pivotal role in the growth of successful businesses, according to The Society for the Advancement of Consulting® (SAC). Those organizations that focus on building a strong culture based on core values and beliefs are likely to have better business results. [...]
Business process improvement has almost become a "buzzword" - sounds good but what does it mean? What is really accomplished? Many times, companies create volumes of 1-inch thick binders of best practice processes, and yet achieve no bottom line results. Anyone seen these binders collecting dust on the bookshelf? [...]
