The Amazon Effect is creating elevated levels of stress in the warehousing and distribution world. The key question is how to provide immediate deliveries, customized service, easy returns, and more for a reduced cost - a very good question indeed! A few considerations to ponder: Storage capacity - what [...]
May 18, 2018 According to the Journal of Commerce, e-commerce is driving industrial space rents to new heights. Our clients are definitely experiencing the same dilemma! There has been a 12.1% increase in rental rates since 2017, and the L.A. / Long Beach area has the lowest vacancy rate [...]
I participated on the Amazon Effect: Pass of Play at the Manufacturers' Council of the Inland Empire's Manufacturing Summit. B.J. Patterson, Dan Vest and I had an interesting discussion about the technologies of disruption. Certainly Amazon has led the way with several of these.... For example, e-commerce directly correlates [...]
Earlier today, I participated on a panel discussion with Dan Vest, co-owner of Midpoint Bearing, BJ Patterson, CEO of Pacific Mountain Logistics and Jon Burgess, panel facilitator and VP of RedFusion Media at the Manufacturers Council of the Inland Empire's Manufacturers Summit. We had a great discussion about the disruption Amazon [...]
August 24, 2017 Recently, I went on a tour of Skechers with my ProVisors group. We had heard so much about the building and related innovations from the developer, Iddo Benzeevi, previously that we were really excited to see it in action. There are truly jaw dropping savings - [...]
Originally published on PR Newswire on October 5, 2016 CLAREMONT, Calif., Oct. 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Lisa Anderson MBA, CSCP, president of LMA Consulting Group, will participate in the strategic U.S. Roadmap for Material Handling & Logistics summit that gathers information, data and insights on the U.S., supply chain from [...]
Lisa Anderson MBA, CSCP, CLTD and president of LMA Consulting Group, acted as a Roundtable Participant, providing input in the development of Material Handling & Logistics (MH&L) U.S. Roadmap 2.0. A collaborative business effort, The Roadmap's purpose is to guide the industry through supply chain and logistical challenges—domestic and [...]
Originally published on PR Newswire on January 31, 2017 Lisa Anderson MBA, CSCP, president of LMA Consulting Group has earned her APICS Certificate in Logistics, Transportation and Distribution (CLTD) credential. APICS, the premier professional association for supply chain management, offers education and certification programs for supply chain and operations [...]
