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Lisa Anderson, Manufacturing and SIOP Expert and President of LMA Consulting Introduces Supply Chain Chats™

CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA – June 22, 2022 –  Manufacturing and Supply Chain Expert Lisa Anderson, MBA, CSCP, CLTD, President of LMA Consulting Group Inc., has introduced Supply Chain Chats, a video and interview series that will provide insights, ideas and innovations to address current supply chain issues. LMA Consulting Group works with manufacturers and distributors on strategy and end-to-end supply chain transformation to maximize the customer experience and enable profitable, scalable, dramatic business growth. “The supply chain has been in chaos for over two years. Disruptions began pre-pandemic. Then, the pandemic caused all kinds of derailments due to closures, supplies, labor [...]

2023-08-25T18:00:46-07:00June 22, 2022|Press Releases, Supply Chain|
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Getting Ahead of Inflationary and Deflationary Pressures Using SIOP / S&OP

Because we live in a global, supply chain disrupted world amidst record-breaking prices for food, commodities and oil (and all products dependent on these industries), not only are businesses looking to navigate inflationary pressures, but also deflationary pressures. Inflation can lead to deflation as consumers panic and demand softens.

2024-01-21T21:47:17-08:00June 2, 2022|Business & the Economy, SIOP - S&OP, SIOP Execution - S&OE, SIOP Planning & Execution|
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Lisa Anderson, Manufacturing and SIOP Expert and President of LMA Consulting Sees Worldwide Supply Chains Critical to Supply Chain Strength

Manufacturing and Supply Chain Expert Lisa Anderson, MBA, CSCP, CLTD, President of LMA Consulting Group Inc., predicts supply chain challenges for the foreseeable future. She also suggests that mitigating supply chain challenges will require leveraging the strength of direct and indirect global supply chains.

2024-02-13T22:53:37-08:00May 24, 2022|Global Trade, Geopolitics, & Import/ Export, Press Releases, Supply Chain Trade & Logistics|
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Replenishment Planning Best Practices to Improve Service Levels, Logistics Efficiencies, and Inventory Turns

Improving OTIF and Reducing Cost and Inventory Every client wants to support growth goals while improving service levels (OTIF, on-time-in-full), operational efficiencies and inventory turns. These are timeless objectives for every planner. During the pandemic, the priorities shifted to service levels because clients struggled to keep up with dramatic increases in demand and extreme volatility. There has been an all hands on deck focus to improving OTIF (on-time-in-full), OTD (on-time-delivery), and fill rates. As we did whatever it took to service customers, logistics costs started to skyrocket, even before the dramatic increases in oil and gas prices. Thus, logistics costs [...]

2024-01-24T21:01:07-08:00May 2, 2022|Distribution & Warehousing, Replenishment, Distribution & VMI Planning, Supply Chain Planning, Supply Chain Trade & Logistics|
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Lisa Anderson, Manufacturing, SIOP Expert and President of LMA Consulting Gets Real About Supply Chains and World Events

Manufacturing and Supply Chain Expert Lisa Anderson, MBA, CSCP, CLTD, President of LMA Consulting Group Inc., sees the effects and consequences of supply chain disruption every day. Despite a slight rebound from the supply chain chaos during the pandemic, world events will continue to threaten the supply chain—the answer: using the S&OP process [...]

2024-01-24T21:06:46-08:00April 22, 2022|Global Trade, Geopolitics, & Import/ Export, Press Releases, Supply Chain Trade & Logistics|
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Lisa Anderson, Manufacturing, SIOP Expert and President of LMA Consulting Suggests Supply Chain Requires 360 Planning

CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA – March 30, 2022 –  Manufacturing and Supply Chain Expert Lisa Anderson, MBA, CSCP, CLTD, President of LMA Consulting Group Inc., predicts supply chain disruptions to continue through 2023. She suggests implementing a SIOP/S&OP (Sales and Operations Planning) process to mitigate the swings associated with disruptions. LMA Consulting Group works with manufacturers and distributors on strategy and end-to-end supply chain transformation to maximize the customer experience and enable profitable, scalable, dramatic business growth.

2023-09-19T22:30:59-07:00March 30, 2022|Press Releases, SIOP - S&OP, SIOP Planning & Execution|
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Production Planning Best Practices to Recover Capacity

Every production planner has the challenging job of managing a complex set of conflicting priorities - meeting customer requested ship dates and new product trials, supporting manufacturing and logistics performance objectives, and addressing finance's objectives as it relates to inventory levels and cash flow.

2023-09-18T17:34:38-07:00February 22, 2022|Manufacturing, Production & Inventory Management, Production & Materials Planning, Supply Chain Planning|
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Lisa Anderson, Manufacturing Expert and President of LMA Consulting Releases Special Report, Thriving in 2022: Learning from Supply Chain Chaos

Manufacturing and Supply Chain Expert Lisa Anderson, MBA, CSCP, CLTD, President of LMA Consulting Group Inc., has released a Special Report, "Thriving in 2022: Learning from Supply Chain Chaos."

2024-02-13T23:16:41-08:00February 22, 2022|Press Releases, Supply Chain|
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Creating Predictable Revenue with Demand Planning Best Practices

Predicting the Unpredictable Every client believes their demand cannot be predicted. After all, customers don't know what is going on in their end-to-end supply chain with the global supply chain chaos. Sales teams are optimistic and either forecast too much, hoping Operations will produce and store "just in case" or provide high level dollar forecasts but have no idea which geography it will be sold from or which product grouping will be sold. Marketing might be lost in the clouds analyzing "old" information since the markets are changing real-time and rapidly. New Product Development is racing to keep up with [...]

2024-02-14T20:56:58-08:00January 13, 2022|Demand Planning, SIOP Execution - S&OE, SIOP Planning & Execution, Supply Chain Planning|
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Lisa Anderson, Manufacturing Expert and President of LMA Consulting Suggests Prioritization to Optimize Supply Chain

Manufacturing and Supply Chain Expert Lisa Anderson, MBA, CSCP, CLTD, President of LMA Consulting Group Inc., has advised manufacturers and distributors throughout the pandemic on maximizing and leveraging their supply chains. She suggests that prioritization is a must to optimize the supply chain. [...]

2023-09-16T14:45:55-07:00December 24, 2021|Press Releases, Supply Chain Optimization|
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