Planning That Drives Predictable Supply Chain Performance
In today’s environment of shifting demand, geopolitical disruption, and increasing customer expectations, effective supply chain planning must enable responsiveness, visibility, and operational agility. We help manufacturers and distributors align customer demand with supply, inventory, operations, and financial objectives to support predictable revenue fulfillment, profitable growth, and scalable operational performance. Our expertise includes forecasting, inventory positioning, production planning, replenishment strategies, and network alignment to improve customer service, optimize working capital, and strengthen operational execution. By connecting strategic planning with day-to-day operational realities, organizations can proactively manage variability, improve responsiveness, and execute more predictably in dynamic market environments.
Our Supply Chain Planning Services
Our expertise spans the following supply chain planning capabilities, and engagements often include one or more of these areas:
SIOP / Integrated Business Planning (IBP)
Align demand, supply, inventory, operations, and financial objectives to improve decision-making, revenue predictability, and scalable business performance with SIOP/ S&OP.
Demand Planning & Forecasting
Improve forecasting accuracy and customer demand visibility to support operational alignment, service performance, and proactive decision-making.
Production & Materials Planning
Translate demand into executable production schedules, material plans, inventory strategies, and fulfillment priorities to improve throughput, responsiveness, and customer service.
Capacity & Workforce Planning
Align labor, machines, suppliers, and logistics capacity with production and delivery requirements to improve responsiveness and scalability.
Inventory, Distribution & Replenishment Planning
Position inventory strategically across the supply chain to balance service levels, working capital, replenishment efficiency, and operational risk.
Network Strategy & Optimization
Design and optimize supply chain networks to improve cost, service, resiliency, scalability, and long-term operational performance.
Why LMA Consulting
Most planning initiatives fail because they are disconnected from execution realities. Our expertise in manufacturing, distribution, SIOP, inventory management, operations, and supply chain execution enables us to develop planning processes that are practical, scalable, and aligned with business objectives. We help clients bridge the gap between strategy and execution to improve service, reduce variability, optimize working capital, and support profitable growth. Our strength is partnering with clients to deliver tangible business outcomes and bottom line results.
Our Client Results:
- Improved forecast accuracy and planning alignment
- Reduced inventory while improving customer service
- Increased throughput and operational responsiveness
- Improved ERP and supply chain planning effectiveness
- Strengthened supply chain visibility, resiliency and scalability
- Enabled predictable revenue fulfillment and profitable growth
How Do You Benefit from Supply Chain Planning?
Sales & Marketing
Sales and Marketing leaders will gain high levels of service for their customers with on-time-in-full (OTIF) levels in the high 90’s, shorter lead-times, and high ratings on customer scorecards. They also will gain improved levels of responsiveness to customer needs and confidence in new product rollouts.
Engineering
For engineer-to-order (ETO) and configure-to-order (CTO) businesses, Engineering leaders will gain visibility into workload requirements to support drawings, customer approvals, and bill of material designs. They will be able to plan for the appropriate level of engineering capacity and capabilities.
Manufacturing
Manufacturing leaders will gain visibility into work center, machine, equipment, tooling, maintenance, staffing, and training requirements so that they can plan accordingly. They will also gain visibility into the master production schedule so that they can optimize run sizes with changeovers and costs.
Purchasing
Purchasing leaders will gain visibility into raw material, component, ingredient, and outside processing requirements so that they can work with suppliers to set up the appropriate programs and contracts to meet customer requirements. Suppliers will have visibility to capacity and scorecards.
Logistics
Logistics leaders will gain visibility into storage, warehousing, handling, picking, packing, shipping, transportation, returns, and equipment requirements so that they can plan accordingly. As gaps arise, service and cost options can be analyzed to expand capacity or capabilities as needed to support customers.
Finance
Finance leaders will gain visibility into sales forecasts, engineering and manufacturing plans, capital expenditure needs, purchase forecasts, staffing and support resource requirements, logistics forecasts, and inventory projections. Thus, they will have revenue, cost, profitability, and cash flow projections.
Planning
Planning leaders will gain visibility into the demand plan, sales orders, quotes, replenishment orders, and work order status so that they can develop the best master production schedule (MPS) to optimize customer service, operational efficiency and working capital. They will gain high service levels and increased margins.
Listen to Client Stories
Ciro Ahumada – Vice President Americas, Armacell LLC
Craig Young, Senior Director, Nellson LLC
Sandy Shattles – Business Manager, Armacell LLC
Kelly Ford, Aerospace Executive
