When a growing company needed help selecting an ERP system, LMA Consulting Group provided the expertise, structure, and industry relationships necessary to simplify the process. By defining business requirements, narrowing the field to the best-fit providers, and guiding the evaluation, the company selected the right ERP solution while remaining focused on serving customers and growing the business.
As volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA) increase, leaders who embrace what is possible will succeed. Instead of looking for roadblocks and considering them insurmountable, look for options, alternate paths, and creative solutions.
Planning is becoming more complex, but smarter planning makes the difference. In this Supply Chain Byte, Lisa Anderson outlines three key planning challenges manufacturers are facing today - and three ways to address them.
Through ASCM leadership, Harvey Mudd executive roundtables, and student-led manufacturing projects, LMA Consulting Group helped connect manufacturers, educators, and future leaders. These collaborative efforts strengthened workforce development, operational improvement, and innovation across the manufacturing community.
Tariffs, sweeping policy changes under the One Big Beautiful Bill, heightened geopolitical risk and the accelerating impact of artificial intelligence, is leading companies to rethink where and how they build their products and serve their customers. After decades of offshoring, fragile global supply chains and margin pressure, U.S. manufacturing, mining, and construction are entering a decisive new growth cycle.
A new wave of manufacturing is emerging - driven by advances in computing, artificial intelligence, and the need for speed and scale simultaneously. In this Supply Chain Byte, Lisa Anderson explains how Terafab is changing the complexion of computing and what it means for hyperscale manufacturing.
In this video testimonial, a reader shares how I've Been Thinking: Turning Everyday Interactions into Profitable Opportunities serves as a practical resource for continuous business improvement. Through simple, easy-to-digest insights, the book helps leaders identify opportunities hidden in everyday interactions and apply them to improve business performance.
Hyperscale manufacturing is an emerging operating model that applies the speed, scalability, and modularity of tech companies to physical production. Hyperscale manufacturing has accelerated in importance as geopolitical risks, national security, and domestic requirements and capabilities have become of paramount importance.
As manufacturing rebounds amid continued geopolitical uncertainty, real-time supply chain visibility has become essential to operational resilience. These companies can respond quickly to changing conditions and gain insights into what’s coming down the pike so that they can provide superior customer service and grow revenue and EBITDA.
The sales order is one of the most critical signals in demand and supply management because it represents committed customer demand. It isn't a projection but an order the company must fulfill. In a well-run supply chain, the sales order becomes the anchor that aligns demand with supply decisions as it ties customer needs with planning, inventory, and operations.
