Manufacturing and Supply Chain Expert, Lisa Anderson, MBA, CSCP, CLTD, president of LMA Consulting Group Inc was quoted in the American Journal of Transportation on the need for warehouses to now service both retail stores and customers - so called 'omni-channel retailing'. #### There is a revolution taking place [...]
The quickest, most practical inventory solutions happen with teamwork.
Bold ideas in employment may be counterintuitive but you have to be willing to fail to win big.
Part of having an eagle eye is knowing what you don't see. I've found that being observant while walking around a manufacturing or distribution facility can yield many hidden gems.
Keeping up with the latest supply chain trends can be invaluable for your career and your company success.
Completing a physical inventory is a necessary part of inventory management because accuracy doesn’t just happen, it needs to be achieved.
According to today's Wall Street Journal, UPS had robust growth in the third quarter, which was strongly influenced by the e-commerce boom. E-commerce now accounts for about 45% of U.S. packages. Is e-commerce on your radar? I'm on the flight back from Phoenix as I went to meet with [...]
Since Amazon impacts are prevalent in manufacturing and distribution businesses, my firm conducted a research study on these impacts and dug deeper into which we should pay attention to.
Rather than trying to modernize at every turn seek to leverage your I.T. department to provide maximum efficiency without non-value added work.
Collecting lots of data isn’t enough to improve service levels. A successful manager tracks relevant metric trends and puts the information into action.
