What are the Best Referrals You’ve Received?
What stands out in your mind as the most valuable introduction, resource or help provided by your colleagues and contacts?
Why Persistence Matters
Persistence is important in supply chain in overcoming challenges and driving significant improvements and innovation.
Are You Asking Good Questions?
Asking the right questions can unlock business success, improve operations, and drive strategic insights. Lisa Anderson shares how!
Forget Data Cleanup and Find a Measure to Start NOW!
Are you mired in data cleanup and not focused on measures that can immediately help you? Stop searching for the “right” data lever and look for measures to track and improve processes.
Forget About Cost Savings: Look for Process Opportunities
Have you ever thought about how easy it is to uncover process opportunities? Most executives tell me 'no' as it seems much harder than it is most of the time yet they are very interested in these opportunities to improve their business.
Plan the Work; Work the Plan
Oftentimes we spend countless hours planning a project with details, responsibilities and timelines, only to forget to work the plan. Once a plan is done, refocus your energy to execution.
The SIOP Conveyor Belt Analogy
In the last few years, I have helped several clients design and implement SIOP.
An IT Roadmap
Do you know where your IT team is headed? Does it line up with the business priorities?
The Value of Process Flows
Being a systems pragmatist is critical in not making assumptions about your processes, but rather review every production step to uncover any issues that were not being addressed. Being a systems pragmatist is critical in not making assumptions about your processes, but rather review every production step to uncover [...]
Why The Little Things Matter
Think about what seemingly little things you are doing that could provide extra value - or be annoying - to your customers.