Stabilizing Supply Chains in Unstable Times
Published in Supply Chain Brain on Aug. 24, 2020 Lisa Anderson, founder and president of LMA Consulting Group Inc., offers advice on how supply-chain managers can function efficiently in a time of deep uncertainty – and why it's vital to achieve visibility of both customers and suppliers. Click here [...]
Being Featured on Bloomberg & the Rise of Reshoring
June 1, 2020 Of course, it was very exciting to be featured on Bloomberg's 'What'd You Miss?' show! It speaks to the rising popularity of reshoring that Bloomberg is searching for supply chain experts to talk about reshoring and whether it makes sense. One Tip to Implement This Week: [...]
WDYM: Supply Chain Disruptions Amid Pandemic
Published in Bloomberg TV on May 11, 2020 Manufacturing and Supply Chain Expert, Lisa Anderson, MBA, CSCP, CLTD, president of LMA Consulting Group Inc., discusses the speed of supply chain recoveries. Click here to read more.
Where is the Toilet Paper?
I started receiving calls after the lockdown with the key question on reporters’ minds, “Where is the Toilet Paper?”. Thus, I thought I’d share a few conversations with you. First, I was on Rip City Sports Radio about just this topic. It was a lot of fun! I [...]
Coronavirus Spurs Supply Chain into Prominence
March 11, 2020 The House of Representatives has launched a new Congressional Supply Chain Caucus. The coronavirus is spurring supply chain into the limelight. Certainly, as China is impacted, the effects to the supply chain will be felt throughout the world in 2-3 months (and sooner for countries [...]
Future-proofing Your Supply Chain
Disruptions abound in supply chain circles. Just consider any of the following recent events: the tariff war, global unrest, the Coronavirus, natural disasters such as the volcano in the Philippines, the Hong Kong protests and more. We have never had a client that could claim that 100% of the [...]
Amazon Kicks off the New Year by Creating Disruption
January 2, 2020 According to a Bloomberg article, Amazon kicked off the New Year by creating disruption. They have abruptly stopped buying products from some of their wholesalers, looking for ways to bypass wholesalers or push the cost to down the chain and increase profit. If your business depends [...]
Disruption, Innovation, Global Trends & the APICS-IE Symposium
October 25, 2018 Lately, I've attended various conferences and participated in a few events/ panels on a diverse set of topics with different groups (ranging from transportation to public policy to manufacturing and supply chain to consulting to universities/ students to women leaders). Aside from it being a whirlwind [...]
The Resilient Supply Chain: Global Trade Unrest
In today's Amazonian environment, the customer experience is of paramount importance. Nothing else matters if the customer isn't happy. Thus, all the conversations going on about trade really just comes back to the customer. What is the best way to service your customers? In manufacturing circles, there are many [...]