Several clients are wondering, “Is JIT Dead?”. Definitely not. Just-in-time inventory planning is a best practice inventory management process. If you are literally ordering just-in-time from China and expecting to not experience disruptions without strategic stockpiles, capacity or agility built into the picture is not smart. On the other [...]
Supply chain stability has become a top priority for manufacturers and distributors navigating ongoing disruption and uncertainty. In this interview with SupplyChainBrain Editor-in-Chief Robert J. Bowman, Lisa Anderson discusses how companies can improve visibility, strengthen supplier and customer relationships, leverage technology, and use SIOP to build a more resilient [...]
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's it's vital to achieve visibility of both customers and suppliers. The first step toward stabilizing the supply chain is to reach out [...]
We are seeing business just beginning to ramp up. As said in our eBook, Future-Proofing Manufacturing & Supply Chain Post COVID-19, this is not an on/off switch. We should turn the dial carefully (as quickly as possible while accounting for the end-to-end supply chain). Every situation is different. Yet, [...]
COVID has disrupted every business. Some are growing far faster than supply can keep up while others have dropped like a rocket. Still others have almost identical dollar volume yet double the number of orders at half the order size, creating significant disruption in warehousing, shipping and transportation. [...]
After receiving a call from a CBS affiliate asking about what's going on in the food industry, we thought it would make for an interesting deep dive. In addition, we have been working with companies from farm to table and from machinery equipment to logistics/ food service distribution and [...]
Every organization needs to be focused on supply chain efficiency, particularly in today’s landscape, where consumers (both B2B and B2C) increasingly demand rapid fulfillment and hassle-free exchanges with the companies they do business with. When efficiency is lacking, companies lose valuable customers to their competitors – often those that [...]
Great inventory management techniques are critical as supply chain complexity grows. Here's a look at the top techniques to help your company succeed. Whether you're an SMB or a large enterprise, solid inventory management techniques are critical for success. Inventory management, a component of supply chain management (SCM), controls [...]
Learn how implementing SIOP can drive revenue predictability and growth for your business with these insights from Lisa Anderson.
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