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Using SIOP to Make Better Informed Sustainability Decisions
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Using SIOP to Make Better Informed Sustainability Decisions

e-Commerce & Logistics, Manufacturing, SIOP / S&OP, Supply Chain, Sustainability

Using SIOP to Make Better Informed Sustainability Decisions

Sustainability has become popular with consumers, employees and an imperative of large companies. After all, who wouldn't want to participate in saving the planet? In fact, I was interviewed for an Earth Day special "Our Changing Climate" (you'll see me featured in a few segments around 20 minutes in). From a corporate perspective, according to IBM Institute for Business Value, 51% of CEOs now rank sustainability as their greatest organizational challenge.

admin2022-09-07T02:47:30+00:00August 29, 2022|Categories: e-Commerce & Logistics, Manufacturing, SIOP / S&OP, Supply Chain, Sustainability|Tags: best practices, carbon footprint, climate, electricity, emissions, greenhouse gas, innovate, inventory, logistics, planet, planning, processes, recycling, renewable energy, Sales, shortages, sustainability|

Five steps to manage supplier risk in your supply chain | Netstock
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Five steps to manage supplier risk in your supply chain | Netstock

In The News, Supplier Management, Supply Chain

Five steps to manage supplier risk in your supply chain | Netstock

Improved supplier data will give your supply chain the competitive advantage to drive customer loyalty.

admin2023-01-05T01:17:02+00:00June 5, 2022|Categories: In The News, Supplier Management, Supply Chain|Tags: best practices, customers, data, processes, service, suppliers, tools|

Manage the Impact of Supplier Risk in your Supply Chain
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Manage the Impact of Supplier Risk in your Supply Chain

In The News, Interviews, Supplier Management, Supply Chain, Videos, Webinars

Manage the Impact of Supplier Risk in your Supply Chain

In this webinar, industry expert Lisa Anderson along with NETSTOCK's Russ Graff discuss their top insights on how businesses can improve their processes and reduce supplier risk to ensure they deliver what their customers need.

admin2022-10-19T13:43:53+00:00April 22, 2022|Categories: In The News, Interviews, Supplier Management, Supply Chain, Videos, Webinars|Tags: insights, processes, supplier, supply chain|

QualityDigest: SIOP Expert Suggests Supply Chain Requires 360 Planning
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QualityDigest: SIOP Expert Suggests Supply Chain Requires 360 Planning

In The News, SIOP / S&OP, Supply Chain

QualityDigest: SIOP Expert Suggests Supply Chain Requires 360 Planning

Manufacturing and supply chain expert Lisa Anderson, president of LMA Consulting Group, predicts supply chain disruptions to continue through 2023. She suggests implementing a sales, inventory, and operations planning (SIOP) or sales and operations planning (S&OP) process to mitigate the swings associated with disruptions.

admin2023-01-05T01:50:16+00:00April 19, 2022|Categories: In The News, SIOP / S&OP, Supply Chain|Tags: customer experience, disruption, evaluating, manufacturing, materials, processes, resilient, S&OP, SIOP, supply, technology|

ASCM: Emerging with Supply Chain Strength – Challenges of Integrating Technology Across the Supply Chain: Pac Rim/North America Perspectives
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ASCM: Emerging with Supply Chain Strength – Challenges of Integrating Technology Across the Supply Chain: Pac Rim/North America Perspectives

ASCM Series: Emerging with Supply Chain Strength, Data Analytics & Business Intelligence, ERP, Technologies, Digitization & Automation, Supply Chain, Webinars

ASCM: Emerging with Supply Chain Strength – Challenges of Integrating Technology Across the Supply Chain: Pac Rim/North America Perspectives

Challenges of Integrating Technology Across Supply Chain - Pac Rim/ North America Perspectives

admin2023-01-05T04:26:48+00:00February 23, 2022|Categories: ASCM Series: Emerging with Supply Chain Strength, Data Analytics & Business Intelligence, ERP, Technologies, Digitization & Automation, Supply Chain, Webinars|Tags: Communication, data, processes, strategy, suppliers, supply chain, technology|

Case Study: Overloaded with Data Issues?
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Case Study: Overloaded with Data Issues?

Data Analytics & Business Intelligence

Case Study: Overloaded with Data Issues?

Even the best of clients have all sorts of data issues. It is actually quite surprising how this issue runs across industries, company sizes and types of ownership. So, what should we do about it? Let's talk through a client example and the successful path forward. Situation Although quite [...]

admin2022-09-08T08:47:12+00:00December 1, 2020|Categories: Data Analytics & Business Intelligence|Tags: customer experience, data, employees, processes, technology, transformation, workflow|

A Systems Checkup
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A Systems Checkup

ERP, Technologies, Digitization & Automation

A Systems Checkup

Early in the year is an appropriate time to perform a systems audit. Most clients could benefit from this at any time of the year as we often discover some significant gaps. A subset of the questions we look into further include: Do you have clarity of your current [...]

admin2022-09-06T01:31:14+00:00February 5, 2018|Categories: ERP, Technologies, Digitization & Automation|Tags: audit, checkup, customers, ERP, interface, leverage, processes, supply chain partners, systems audit|

Technical Innovation & Japan’s Bullet Train
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Technical Innovation & Japan’s Bullet Train

I've Been Thinking, Innovation

Technical Innovation & Japan’s Bullet Train

November 17, 2016 While in Japan last week, I had the opportunity to ride the bullet train three times - and, even waited to go back to Tokyo from Mt. Fuji to see it whiz past since you cannot see it in action in Tokyo as a terminal station [...]

admin2022-09-08T07:36:34+00:00November 17, 2016|Categories: I've Been Thinking, Innovation|Tags: breakthrough technology, bullet train, culture, customers, innovation, Japan, processes, products, technical innovation, technology|

Why Financial Acumen is Relevant to Operations
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Why Financial Acumen is Relevant to Operations

Pricing & Profits

Why Financial Acumen is Relevant to Operations

Have you put your organization under review to look for ideas and solutions that may be right in front of you? Take a step back and look for those strategic weapons with an eagle eye at improving performance and your bottom line. As we brainstormed our unique value proposition [...]

admin2022-09-10T21:56:53+00:00September 26, 2016|Categories: Pricing & Profits|Tags: capital investments, cost improvement, eagle eye, finance, financial acumen, operations, processes, supply chain, systems, value proposition|

Why Customer Service Trumps All!
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Why Customer Service Trumps All!

Customer Experience

Why Customer Service Trumps All!

Start with building a customer service culture with your employees to give your clients reason to come back and refer you to others. Although we work on many topics impacting manufacturers and distributors, we have found that the most popular - and vital - is customer service. Prior to [...]

admin2022-09-06T04:20:31+00:00September 26, 2016|Categories: Customer Experience|Tags: Amazon, business, customer service, customers, distributors, ERP, ERP system, inventory management, manufacturers, processes, service levels, Strongest Link, supply chain, value-added service, warehouse|