In this Industrial Insights podcast interview, Lisa Anderson discusses Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP), end-to-end supply chain management, demand planning, and the strategies manufacturers can use to improve service, profitability, and scalable growth.
Rising inflation, geopolitical conflict, energy costs, and commodity shortages are creating additional supply chain volatility. Manufacturers should proactively evaluate customers, suppliers, inventory, capacity, and supply chain networks while strengthening SIOP and planning processes to navigate disruption and stay ahead of changing conditions.
Every production planner has the challenging job of managing a complex set of conflicting priorities - meeting customer requested ship dates and new product trials, supporting manufacturing and logistics performance objectives, and addressing finance's objectives as it relates to inventory levels and cash flow.
SIOP helps manufacturers take control of their end-to-end supply chains by aligning customer demand with capacity, inventory, suppliers, and resources. Learn how a proactive SIOP process can improve predictability, strengthen customer service, and provide the operational flexibility required to support profitable, scalable growth.
SIOP helps manufacturers align demand with capacity and supply so they can capture growth opportunities instead of losing revenue. Learn how better planning improves scalability, customer service, predictability, and profitability.
Supply chain disruptions aren't going away. Manufacturers that proactively strengthen resiliency, rethink supply networks, improve planning, and adapt to changing customer demand will be better positioned to thrive in the next normal.
Global supply chain disruptions exposed significant risks for medical device companies. Learn how resilient sourcing, regionalization, SIOP, and supply chain planning can improve performance.
Global supply chains will not realign overnight. Manufacturers can take control by strengthening resiliency, rethinking supply networks, reshoring and nearshoring, and improving planning to better serve customers and support profitable growth.
In this episode of Since Sliced Bread, Lisa Anderson, president of LMA Consulting Group, explains where the supply chain stands now, how it got this way and what she sees successful companies doing to get through the crisis.
Lisa Anderson discusses how SIOP and directionally correct forecasting help companies align stakeholders, improve predictability, and support business growth without getting lost in unnecessary planning detail.
