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Can You See What Others Cannot?

Much of our success in consulting comes from seeing what others cannot. For example, assisting clients by helping them create better plans (that follow the quickest, most effective path to success), avoid costly and delay-ridden pitfalls that few realize exist, and successfully navigate through stormy waters......all quite important in [...]

2023-09-19T22:10:48-07:00August 18, 2016|Categories: Business & the Economy|Tags: , , |

California Reopens Some Commercial Routes as Wildfire Rages

Published in Wall Street Journal on Aug. 18, 2016 Lisa Anderson president of Claremont, CA-based LMA Consulting Group, Inc. gives her comments to how commercial operators were scrambling to keep goods moving as a massive wildfire east of Los Angeles shut down one of the nation’s major freight corridors [...]

2022-09-05T05:50:07-07:00August 18, 2016|Categories: In The News, Supply Chain, Transportation & Goods Movement|Tags: , |

The Largest Newspaper Operations in the U.S. – the L.A. Times

Last week, I went on a fascinating tour of the L.A. Times operations.  It was quite impressive - and massive.  Did you know the L.A. Times has has the largest operation in the U.S.?  They print for the Wall Street Journal, USA Today and others in addition to the L.A. Times.
2023-10-18T09:02:24-07:00August 17, 2016|Categories: I've Been Thinking, Manufacturing, Robotics & Automation|Tags: , , |

Inventory Accuracy Pitfalls

The most common inventory accuracy pitfalls stem from minor problems but will snowball into bigger headaches if the root causes aren’t caught and resolved.

Staples & the Power of Customer Service

August 11, 2016 When I've needed customer service the most, Staples has been there!  A while back, my house burned down.  When that happened, the manager of the local Staples went WAY out of her way to help dig up old invoices to assist with the arduous accounting process. [...]

2023-09-17T07:35:34-07:00August 11, 2016|Categories: Customer Service / Sales, I've Been Thinking|Tags: |

Successful CEOs/ Presidents & Leadership

August 5, 2016 Our APICS Inland Empire chapter went on a tour of Paulson Manufacturing, and it was simply excellent! It reminded me of how powerful the influence and impact of the CEO is on an organization. Roy Paulson, the President, not only spent considerable time with us talking [...]

The Value of Implementation

Successful project implementation requires leadership and hard work to pick up the pieces when something goes wrong – because something always will. Strategy and plans do not fail in formulation; they fail in implementation. Time and time again, my clients prove this statement. Although I am an expert in [...]

2023-09-16T15:00:22-07:00August 5, 2016|Categories: ERP & Related Technologies, ERP & Technology|Tags: , |

Lisa Anderson Reaches Publishing Milestone with Project Times, an Online Hub for Project Managers

LMA Consulting Group President Lisa Anderson adds another key achievement to her many accomplishments by providing advice, guidance, strategic tips and assistance to those in supply chain, manufacturing, project management and distribution in over 70 blog post articles in Project Times, an online resource for project managers. Since 2009, Anderson has been a regular contributor [...]

2023-09-16T18:30:57-07:00August 2, 2016|Categories: In The News, Project Management|Tags: , |

M&A is on the Rise

July 27, 2016 A few weeks ago, I attended a ProVisors ODAM (Ontario-region based distributors and manufacturers group - don't you love the name?!) session on the current state of the M&A market in Southern California - and specifically in the Inland Empire for manufacturers and distributors.  The bottom [...]

2023-09-16T23:23:28-07:00July 27, 2016|Categories: Business & the Economy, I've Been Thinking|Tags: , |

The Importance of Recognition

July 20, 2016 On the 10 year anniversary of my business, I recognized 10 people for 10 years as LMA Advocates - people who have gone over and beyond, resulting in LMA Consulting's growth and success.  I truly appreciate their support, expertise, ideas, feedback etc.  I would not be [...]

2023-09-16T20:15:03-07:00July 20, 2016|Categories: I've Been Thinking|Tags: |
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