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Geopolitics, Trade & Supply Chains

Navigate geopolitical uncertainty, trade policy changes, and global supply chain disruption with strategies that strengthen resilience, protect profitability, and support predictable growth. Discover how Supply Chain Planning, Operational Performance & Transformation, and Supply Chain Technology & Enablement help manufacturers and distributors improve supply continuity, respond faster to change, and build more agile, competitive supply chains.

Just in the News: Supply Chain

As the economy reopened following COVID-19 restrictions, supply chains struggled to keep pace with surging demand. In this interview with Just the News, Lisa Anderson explains what caused the widespread shortages and shares insights on building more resilient supply chains for the future.

2026-06-13T11:12:51-07:00June 1, 2021|Categories: Geopolitical Risk & Disruption, In The News, Geopolitics, Trade & Supply Chains|Tags: , , , , , , , , |
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Adaptability and Resiliency: Trends to Emerge Above and Beyond in 2021

In our eBook Emerging Above & Beyond: 21 Insights for 2021 from Manufacturing, Supply Chain & Technology Executives, many executives discuss the critical importance of adaptability and resiliency. The pandemic kicked off with volatility of customer demand (toilet paper and hand sanitizer were in scarce supply whereas aerospace and [...]

2026-07-06T19:56:14-07:00May 31, 2021|Categories: Risk & Resilience, Geopolitics, Trade & Supply Chains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |
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Supply Chain, Materials & Logistics Disruption Webinar of Top-Notch Global Consultants

Supply Chain Disruption The pandemic certainly brought supply chain disruptions to the forefront. People who never gave supply chain a thought were suddenly focused on the topic. Early in the pandemic, I was interviewed on Rip City Sports Radio about toilet paper and later by Bloomberg about supply chain [...]

2026-06-29T19:52:35-07:00May 31, 2021|Categories: Geopolitical Risk & Disruption, Geopolitics, Trade & Supply Chains, Network Strategy & Optimization|Tags: , |
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Global Supply Shortages & Why SIOP Matters

Demand is soaring but supply is scarce. There is no doubt that we have a serious issue of limited supply. The pandemic created volatility in both demand and supply, causing a significant overload of ships at the L.A. and Long Beach ports early this year as Chinese factories caught [...]

2026-07-05T23:35:06-07:00May 31, 2021|Categories: Geopolitical Risk & Disruption, Geopolitics, Trade & Supply Chains|Tags: , , , , , , |
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Supply Chain Disruptions Driving Prices Up

The news is full of stories of rising prices propelled by supply chain disruptions. For example, the cost of lumber is creating extreme price increases for building and home upgrades. Supply Chain Dive noted that the cost of pallets could go up by 400% according to United Fresh Produce Association. On this same note, an NBC affiliate [...]

2026-07-04T00:06:03-07:00May 23, 2021|Categories: Risk & Resilience, Geopolitics, Trade & Supply Chains|Tags: , , , , , , , |
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ASCM Emerging with Supply Chain Strength: Reshoring & the Resurgence of Manufacturing – Michele Nash-Hoff

Lisa Anderson interviews Michele Nash-Hoff. Listen as they talk about reshoring and the resurgence of manufacturing.

2026-07-05T23:36:38-07:00May 14, 2021|Categories: Regionalization, Reshoring & Network Strategy, Geopolitics, Trade & Supply Chains|Tags: , , , , |
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Commercial Baking: Sounding the Alarm on Supply Chain Disruption

What happens when people get behind? They think, ‘I better order more,’" said Lisa Anderson, founder of LMA Consulting and speaker on supply chain for manufacturing. "They’re over-ordering, which is causing even more delays.

2026-07-06T00:00:15-07:00May 14, 2021|Categories: Geopolitical Risk & Disruption, In The News, Geopolitics, Trade & Supply Chains|Tags: , |
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Discussing Supply Chain Disruptions with NBC-affiliated KSHB-TV

Supply chain disruptions have been creating news since the pandemic started, and it is definitely not slowing down. Watch my interview by KSHB-TV in Kansas City on "'Spiraled cut of control': Why the pandemic is still impacting supply chains' and send us your stories. [...]

2026-06-10T20:30:22-07:00May 11, 2021|Categories: In The News, Geopolitical Risk & Disruption, Geopolitics, Trade & Supply Chains|Tags: , , , |
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NBC News Kansas City: Spiraled out of control’: Why the pandemic is still impacting supply chains

Manufacturing and Supply Chain Expert, Lisa Anderson, MBA, CSCP, CLTD, President of LMA Consulting Group Inc., comments on how the pandemic is impacting the supply chain. Anderson contends there's no "back to normal" when it comes to her client's supply chains.

2026-06-10T20:10:17-07:00May 5, 2021|Categories: Geopolitical Risk & Disruption, In The News, Geopolitics, Trade & Supply Chains|Tags: , , |
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SAC: Global Business Opportunities Now Springing Up Everywhere

CLAREMONT, CA—While 2021 may be a year of mixed opportunities for global business, according to The Society for the Advancement of Consulting® (SAC), if companies look closely they’ll find a myriad of opportunities to discover and exploit. E-Commerce Growth to Drive Supply Chain Opportunities “As vaccines are distributed at [...]

2026-07-06T15:19:32-07:00April 21, 2021|Categories: Geopolitical Risk & Disruption, Press Releases, Geopolitics, Trade & Supply Chains|Tags: , , |
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