Sales Inventory Operations Planning (SIOP)

Sales Inventory Operations Planning (SIOP) aligns demand, supply, inventory, capacity, and financial objectives to drive predictable growth and profitable business performance. Explore insights on SIOP best practices, executive alignment, demand and supply balancing, scenario planning, integrated business planning, and technology enablement. Learn how manufacturers and distributors leverage SIOP to improve customer service, optimize inventory, enhance operational performance, mitigate risk, and support scalable, resilient supply chains.

SIOP: The Key to Scaling Successfully
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SIOP: The Key to Scaling Successfully

SIOP / Integrated Business Planning (IBP), Supply Chain Planning

SIOP: The Key to Scaling Successfully

According to an informal survey of manufacturers, distributors and healthcare executives, the #1 issue that is top of mind is how to scale successfully. Our clients are growing. For example, those in the building and construction products industry are experiencing significant growth fueled by the pandemic; those in e-commerce [...]

admin2026-05-03T19:24:39-07:00April 1, 2021|Categories: SIOP / Integrated Business Planning (IBP), Supply Chain Planning|Tags: S&OP, scalability, SIOP|

Why the Supply Chain is Strategic & an Operations Warp Speed Example
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Why the Supply Chain is Strategic & an Operations Warp Speed Example

SIOP / Integrated Business Planning (IBP), Supply Chain Planning

Why the Supply Chain is Strategic & an Operations Warp Speed Example

If you aren't seeing the end-to-end supply chain as strategic, you will miss your opportunity to get ahead of the competition and grow as rapidly as you otherwise could! How quickly can you scale with increasing sales volume? [...]

admin2026-05-14T12:11:56-07:00March 20, 2021|Categories: SIOP / Integrated Business Planning (IBP), Supply Chain Planning|Tags: capacity planning, demand planning, S&OP, SIOP, strategy, Supply Chain Briefing Newsletter, supply chain disruptions|

Stabilizing Supply Chains: Supply Chain Brain Video
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Stabilizing Supply Chains: Supply Chain Brain Video

In The News, SIOP / Integrated Business Planning (IBP), Supply Chain Planning

Stabilizing Supply Chains: Supply Chain Brain Video

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 [...]

admin2026-06-13T10:42:47-07:00September 16, 2020|Categories: In The News, SIOP / Integrated Business Planning (IBP), Supply Chain Planning|Tags: customer service, Data & Analytics, ERP, interview, predictability, Resiliency, Revenue growth, S&OP, SIOP, supply chain disruptions, supply chain planning, video|

Stabilizing Supply Chains in Unstable Times
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Stabilizing Supply Chains in Unstable Times

SIOP / Integrated Business Planning (IBP), In The News, Supply Chain Planning

Stabilizing Supply Chains in Unstable Times

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 [...]

admin2026-06-16T17:21:47-07:00August 24, 2020|Categories: SIOP / Integrated Business Planning (IBP), In The News, Supply Chain Planning|Tags: business consulting, S&OP, SIOP, stabilizing supply chains, supply chain disruptions, supply chain misalignment, VUCA|

Why SIOP is Critical to Thriving During & Post COVID
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Why SIOP is Critical to Thriving During & Post COVID

SIOP / Integrated Business Planning (IBP)

Why SIOP is Critical to Thriving During & Post COVID

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. [...]

admin2026-06-16T17:39:29-07:00August 12, 2020|Categories: SIOP / Integrated Business Planning (IBP)|Tags: capacity planning, coronavirus, demand planning, inventory optimization, S&OP, sales forecasting, SIOP, supply chain partners|

What’s Going on in the Food Industry?
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What’s Going on in the Food Industry?

SIOP / Integrated Business Planning (IBP), Supply Chain Planning

What’s Going on in the Food Industry?

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 [...]

admin2026-06-07T23:23:24-07:00July 9, 2020|Categories: SIOP / Integrated Business Planning (IBP), Supply Chain Planning|Tags: Food & Beverage, predictive analytics, supply chain misalignment|

Supply Chain Optimization: 27 Supply Chain & Logistics Pros Reveal the Single Most Effective Way to Optimize the Supply Chain
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Supply Chain Optimization: 27 Supply Chain & Logistics Pros Reveal the Single Most Effective Way to Optimize the Supply Chain

SIOP / Integrated Business Planning (IBP), In The News, Supply Chain Planning

Supply Chain Optimization: 27 Supply Chain & Logistics Pros Reveal the Single Most Effective Way to Optimize the Supply Chain

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 [...]

admin2026-06-10T20:12:36-07:00June 23, 2020|Categories: SIOP / Integrated Business Planning (IBP), In The News, Supply Chain Planning|Tags: customer service, S&OP, SIOP|

SIOP for Revenue Growth & Predictability
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SIOP for Revenue Growth & Predictability

SIOP / Integrated Business Planning (IBP)

SIOP for Revenue Growth & Predictability

Learn how implementing SIOP can drive revenue predictability and growth for your business with these insights from Lisa Anderson.

admin2026-06-04T21:10:37-07:00December 24, 2019|Categories: SIOP / Integrated Business Planning (IBP)|Tags: capacity planning, Data & Analytics, demand planning, S&OP, SIOP|

Manufacturing Expert, Lisa Anderson, Advises Future-Proofing the Supply Chain
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Manufacturing Expert, Lisa Anderson, Advises Future-Proofing the Supply Chain

SIOP / Integrated Business Planning (IBP), Press Releases, Supply Chain Planning

Manufacturing Expert, Lisa Anderson, Advises Future-Proofing the Supply Chain

Unlock growth in manufacturing supply chain with future-proofing strategies. Ensure alignment, visibility, and collaboration for success.

admin2026-05-15T09:43:06-07:00December 13, 2019|Categories: SIOP / Integrated Business Planning (IBP), Press Releases, Supply Chain Planning|Tags: collaboration, Future Proofing, innovation, S&OP, SIOP|

Forget About Reducing Inventory; Perhaps You Have the Wrong Supply Chain Strategy
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Forget About Reducing Inventory; Perhaps You Have the Wrong Supply Chain Strategy

SIOP / Integrated Business Planning (IBP), Supply Chain Planning

Forget About Reducing Inventory; Perhaps You Have the Wrong Supply Chain Strategy

Clients and colleagues have demonstrated a heightened interest in inventory reduction recently; however, they are not yet seeing the full value! Certainly, with everyone worried about a potential recession in 2020, they are starting to think about not tying as much cash up in wasted inventory but that is not the 100-pound gorilla. The real question is why we are thinking about corporate mandates and full warehouses instead of seeing the big picture that we should reevaluate our supply chain.