How do you reduce inventory while improving responsiveness? A custom manufacturer partnered with LMA Consulting Group to improve visibility, supplier alignment, and supply chain planning capabilities. The company reduced supplier lead times by more than 60% and inventory by over 20%, creating a more agile, efficient, and scalable operation capable of supporting long-term growth.
Quality Marble & Granite partnered with LMA Consulting Group to improve supply chain visibility, strengthen inventory accuracy, and enhance operational performance. By identifying the right supply chain leadership and establishing a stronger operational foundation, the company gained the focus, accountability, and capabilities needed to support future growth.
When a custom manufacturer questioned whether it needed a new ERP system, LMA Consulting Group conducted an assessment that revealed a better path forward. By improving Sage ERP utilization, strengthening business processes, enhancing quoting translation capabilities, and providing strategic advisory support, the company improved performance, avoided a costly ERP replacement, and positioned itself for a successful sale.
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.
In this Supply Chain Byte, Lisa Anderson explains what defines smart warehousing today: optimizing pick velocity; leveraging automation, robotics and advanced technologies; and managing energy and electricity demands. These factors are critical to improving efficiency, controlling costs and supporting customer service as volumes grow.
Executive leaders value partners who can balance strategic vision with practical execution. Through decades of experience, deep industry expertise, and an extensive professional network, Lisa Anderson and LMA Consulting Group help organizations navigate challenges, identify opportunities, and achieve sustainable business results.
As supply chains reshape with changing geopolitical and trade conditions, transportation evolves. Transportation and goods movement systems remained largely intact, yet as supply chain networks evolve and artificial intelligence (AI) takes hold, transportation infrastructure and related networks will transform to provide superior customer value in an efficient and profitable manner.
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.
Deep sea mining is gaining momentum, and it could reshape supply chains. In this Supply Chain Byte, Lisa Anderson explains recent developments in deep sea mining and why they create new opportunities for manufacturers.
Lisa Anderson has been named one of the Top 50 Thought Leaders in Manufacturing for 2026 by Consult Clarity. These folks are recognized as influential voices shaping the future of manufacturing across areas such as digital transformation, operational excellence, supply chain strategy and Industry 4.0.
