Lisa Anderson, manufacturing and supply chain expert and president of LMA Consulting Group states there are operational and supply chain priorities required to be ready to absorb additional sales". One of the most important components is to have planning and scheduling processes required to be ready to absorb capabilities.
NxtGen Nexus: The Importance of Customer Service "Employees follow people, not companies. Are you investing in leaders, and are your leaders leading?" comments Manufacturing and Supply Chain Expert Lisa Anderson, MBA, CSCP, CLTD, President of LMA Consulting Group Inc.
We are in a time period that will prove more important than almost any other because more companies will surge past the competition during these turbulent times, propelling them forward for years to come. Executives will have a choice - push the pedal to the floor and achieve success or be tentative and pull on the parking brake and slowly retreat and decline.
"Our most successful clients are not hiding under a rock and maintaining status quo during these inflationary times," points out Lisa Anderson, president of Claremont, CA-based LMA Consulting Group, Inc. and manufacturing expert known for creating supply chain resiliency."
Proactive planning can help manufacturers prepare for growth even amid continued supply chain disruptions. Lisa Anderson discusses why capacity planning, what-if scenarios, and strong planning processes are essential to assess capabilities, support additional sales, and achieve profitable, scalable growth.
According to Interos, almost 90% of companies experienced a negative impact to revenue due to supply chain disruption. That is a BIG number! From our point-of-view, every client is complaining about the lack of critical resources required to support the business and has experienced negative impacts to revenue (even if only in terms of a delay to revenue recognition).
The 5P Accelerator helps manufacturers and distributors fast-track growth and profitability by focusing on five critical areas: people, processes, plan, priorities, and profit drivers. By aligning these elements, companies can improve performance, increase scalability, and stay ahead of changing market conditions.
Rapid growth creates opportunities, but manufacturers need the capacity and planning capabilities to deliver. Strong demand, capacity, production, inventory, and materials planning — supported by SIOP and what-if scenario analysis — helps companies anticipate constraints, improve customer service, and scale profitably.
SIOP aligns sales, operations, supply chain, and finance around one plan to improve revenue predictability, customer service, inventory, and profitability. This Q&A explores how manufacturers can use SIOP to anticipate capacity and resource needs, improve operational performance, and support profitable growth.
Capacity planning ensures your operations and supply chain can keep pace with sales growth. Learn capacity planning best practices for aligning labor, equipment, suppliers, warehousing, and transportation with demand to identify bottlenecks, improve customer service, and support profitable, scalable growth.
