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SIOP / Integrated Business Planning (IBP)

Sales Inventory Operations Planning (SIOP) provides the executive framework to align demand, supply, capacity, inventory, and financial objectives, enabling predictable revenue fulfillment, superior customer service, resilient operations, and profitable growth. Explore insights on executive SIOP leadership, cross-functional alignment, scenario planning, demand and supply balancing, integrated business planning, and decision-making. Learn how manufacturers and distributors leverage integrated planning, technology enablement, data, and analytics to improve visibility, resolve constraints, optimize working capital, and execute with confidence.

The Supply Chain Is Not a Cost Center: Lisa Anderson Says It Can Drive Profitable Growth

Supply chains can drive revenue and profitability, not just reduce costs. By connecting predictive analytics, AI, and SIOP with customer demand and business strategy, manufacturers can anticipate opportunities, optimize capacity and inventory, improve customer service, and achieve profitable growth.

Live at CHAINge: SIOP, AI & What’s Next

AI, geopolitics, resilience, and workforce transformation dominated discussions at CHAINge 2026. A key takeaway was the growing power of AI-enabled SIOP to turn increasing supply chain complexity into clearer decisions, greater predictability, and profitable growth.

Lisa Anderson on AI-Enabled SIOP and Predictable Growth

AI-enabled SIOP connects ERP, business intelligence, advanced planning, and supply chain visibility to turn data into better decisions. Manufacturers can anticipate demand and capacity requirements, evaluate scenarios, and build the scalability needed to drive predictable, profitable growth.

News & Notes – Predictable Growth, Profit & Performance August 2026

Explore LMA Consulting Group’s SIOP Resource Hub, including our flagship guide, Best of SIOP articles, FAQs, eBook, and practical implementation resources.

SIOP Metrics: 5 KPIs Every Manufacturer Should Track

Track the five essential SIOP metrics that improve forecast accuracy, customer service, inventory, capacity, and profitability to drive predictable growth.

SIOP Is More Than Demand Planning – It Is the Control Tower for Business Performance

Successful SIOP goes far beyond forecasting and monthly meetings. Lisa Anderson explains how connecting people, processes, and decisions across the enterprise creates one version of the truth, enabling manufacturers to improve predictability, agility, profitability, and long-term scalable growth.

Demand & Supply Misalignment

In this Supply Chain Byte, Lisa Anderson discusses why manufacturers must align demand and supply at each step of the supply chain, using California’s oil and gas and refinery capacity challenges as an example of how reduced capacity can create ongoing pressure and an operational bottleneck.

Manufacturers Should Not Confuse AI Tools with Effective SIOP Processes

Lisa Anderson explains why AI cannot replace a formal SIOP process. While technology can improve analysis and decision-making, successful planning still requires strong business processes, cross-functional alignment, operational discipline, and organizational accountability.

The LMA Difference

When Armacell's OTIF performance fell to 38%, the company partnered with LMA Consulting Group to strengthen planning processes, optimize SAP capabilities, and improve cross-functional collaboration. Through SIOP improvements, data-driven decision-making, and sustainable process changes, Armacell increased OTIF performance to more than 90%, improved customer satisfaction, and built a stronger foundation for long-term growth.

Transformed Supply Chain Performance Through ERP and SIOP Excellence

When Armacell's OTIF performance fell to 38%, the company partnered with LMA Consulting Group to improve SAP utilization, strengthen SIOP processes, and align teams around data-driven decision-making. The result was a sustainable transformation that increased OTIF performance to as high as 92% and created a stronger foundation for long-term supply chain success.

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