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The State of Affairs in Package Shipping

To prepare for a segment on Bloomberg to talk about the state of logistics that will air with their interview of Deutsche Post DHL Group CFO Melanie Kreis (which will air on Chief Future Officer on Oct 5th), I did a deep dive on package shipping and related logistics systems.
2022-09-22T13:48:24+00:00September 21, 2022|Categories: Data Analytics & Business Intelligence, e-Commerce & Logistics, Inventory Management, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Briefing, Supply Chain Disruption, Supply Planning (Production, Capacity, Materials, Replenishment, Inventory), Sustainability|
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Inflation, Supply Chain Disruption, Fertilizer + Rail

In this episode of Supply Chain Chats, Lisa Anderson talks about impacts of inflation and supply chain disruption in the global supply chain. She uses fertilizer as an example and talks through how inflation and supply chain disruptions are interrelated and walks through the increase in the price of oil and gas to China’s decision to stop exporting to the Russia-Ukraine war and the potential rail strike. [...]
2022-09-20T08:42:39+00:00September 19, 2022|Categories: Supply Chain, Supply Chain Chats, Supply Chain Disruption, Video Clips, Videos|Tags: |
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Lisa Anderson, Manufacturing & SIOP Expert and President of LMA Consulting Initiates Cross-Organizational Alignment for Supply Chain Success

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., works with organizations to improve and protect supply chains by initiating cross-organizational alignment.
2022-09-22T14:21:47+00:00September 15, 2022|Categories: In The News, Press Releases, SIOP / S&OP, Supply Chain|
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Categorizing Blog Articles – LMA Consulting

In thinking about our LMA blog, I finally found time to revamp the categories so that it is easier for folks to find articles on topics of interest. It isn't really something I could outsource since there were too many considerations and scenarios to explain. I got on a [...]

2022-09-12T20:29:43+00:00September 12, 2022|Categories: I've Been Thinking|
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Using ERP & Related Technologies to Automate, Digitize & Thrive

Manufacturers utilize less than 20% of the full functionality of their ERP systems. But the key question is, why does it matter? In today’s inflationary and supply chain disrupted business environment, manufacturers need to automate and digitize to ‘do more with less’ and thrive during these volatile times. One important way to achieve this goal is to further leverage your ERP system where it will make a difference.
2022-09-20T20:50:20+00:00September 6, 2022|Categories: ERP, Technologies, Digitization & Automation, In The News|Tags: , , , , , |
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NewsNation WGN Interview with Lisa Anderson about Supply Chain Disruptions

NewsNation WGN interviewed Lisa Anderson about the supply chain issues that have plagued the west coast ports and that are now showing up as backups on the east and gulf coasts as well. We discussed why this is happening and what can be done.
2022-09-07T21:42:17+00:00September 2, 2022|Categories: Interviews, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Disruption|Tags: , , , , , , , , |
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Inflation Busting Strategies with Lisa Anderson and Antonio Zrilic

Conversation with my colleagues from the Society for the Advancement of Consulting’s Supply Chain Special Interest Group, Lisa Anderson from Los Angeles, California and Antonio Zrilic from Zagreb, Croatia discussing inflation busting strategies that companies can adopt to ameliorate the effects of rising inflation.
2022-09-09T15:06:45+00:00August 30, 2022|Categories: Inflation Strategies, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |
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Upgrade CRM Processes & Software to Ensure a Superior Customer Experience

During times of volatility it is of paramount importance to stay in tune with your customers. Otherwise, you could set and execute strategies that are a waste of limited time, money, and resources as conditions evolve. We are seeing a great reset occur. Baby boomer owners of closely-held companies are selling.
2022-09-07T02:40:31+00:00August 29, 2022|Categories: Customer Experience, Demand Planning, ERP, Technologies, Digitization & Automation, SIOP / S&OP|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |
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Logistics Planning Best Practices to Drive Service & Profitable Growth

We live in a supply chain disrupted world, and there is no end in sight. It started with the pandemic as the global supply chain got out of alignment. The 'right' inventory wasn't in the 'right' place at the 'right' time to support basic needs let alone nice-to-have items. [...]
2022-09-05T00:38:34+00:00August 29, 2022|Categories: e-Commerce & Logistics, S&OE, Supply Chain, Supply Planning (Production, Capacity, Materials, Replenishment, Inventory)|
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Using SIOP to Make Better Informed Sustainability Decisions

Sustainability has become popular with consumers, employees and an imperative of large companies. After all, who wouldn't want to participate in saving the planet? In fact, I was interviewed for an Earth Day special "Our Changing Climate" (you'll see me featured in a few segments around 20 minutes in). From a corporate perspective, according to IBM Institute for Business Value, 51% of CEOs now rank sustainability as their greatest organizational challenge.
2022-09-07T02:47:30+00:00August 29, 2022|Categories: e-Commerce & Logistics, Manufacturing, SIOP / S&OP, Supply Chain, Sustainability|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
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