Supply chain strategy requires constant reevaluation in today's volatile environment. Learn how supplier diversification, SIOP, network optimization, and inventory strategies help manufacturers build more resilient supply chains.
Inflation, material shortages, and shifting demand are reshaping manufacturing. Learn how collaborative planning, supplier alignment, and production scheduling helped one manufacturer improve profitability and grow market share.
Most companies use only a fraction of their ERP system’s capabilities. Learn how to leverage existing ERP functionality to improve planning, automate processes, support customers and maximize the value of your technology investment.
In a business environment marked by inflation, rising interest rates, and economic uncertainty, inventory decisions have never carried more weight. The challenge is no longer simply managing inventory—it is right-sizing it to align with demand, service expectations, and financial goals.
Capacity planning is critical in complex and volatile environments. Lisa Anderson joined supply chain leaders to discuss how aligning people, equipment, suppliers and logistics capacity with demand can improve predictability, customer service and operational performance.
Effective inventory planning can help manufacturers navigate rising logistics costs, supply chain disruptions and inflation. Learn how demand planning, replenishment and advanced planning strategies can improve customer service, working capital and resilience.
Capacity planning is critical as manufacturers navigate volatile demand, extended lead times and supply chain disruptions. Learn how leaders are addressing capacity constraints through nearshoring, productivity improvements, workforce strategies, technology and rapid scaling.
In this episode of Supply Chain Chats, Lisa Anderson talks about impacts of inflation and supply chain disruption in the global supply chain. She uses fertilizer as an example and talks through how inflation and supply chain disruptions are interrelated and walks through the increase in the price of oil and gas to China’s decision to stop exporting to the Russia-Ukraine war and the potential rail strike. [...]
Cross-organizational alignment is essential to supply chain success. Lisa Anderson explains how SIOP brings sales, operations, finance and other functions together to improve communication, data-driven decision-making, customer service and profitable growth.
Manufacturers utilize less than 20% of the full functionality of their ERP systems. But the key question is, why does it matter? In today’s inflationary and supply chain disrupted business environment, manufacturers need to automate and digitize to ‘do more with less’ and thrive during these volatile times. One important way to achieve this goal is to further leverage your ERP system where it will make a difference.
