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Lisa Anderson, Manufacturing Expert and President of LMA Consulting Predicts Supply Chain Disruptions to Continue Beyond 2024
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Lisa Anderson, Manufacturing Expert and President of LMA Consulting Predicts Supply Chain Disruptions to Continue Beyond 2024

Press Releases

Lisa Anderson, Manufacturing Expert and President of LMA Consulting Predicts Supply Chain Disruptions to Continue Beyond 2024

Manufacturing and Supply Chain Expert, Lisa Anderson, MBA, CSCP, CLTD, President of LMA Consulting Group Inc., predicts that supply chain disruption will continue well beyond 2024. LMA Consulting Group works with manufacturers and distributors on strategy and end-to-end supply chain transformation to maximize the customer experience and enable profitable, scalable, dramatic business growth.

admin2026-05-14T11:29:09-07:00October 27, 2021|Categories: Press Releases|Tags: supply chain disruptions, Resiliency, supply chain challenges, supply chain shortages, supply chain misalignment|

Global Supply Shortages & Why SIOP Matters
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Global Supply Shortages & Why SIOP Matters

Geopolitical Risk & Disruption, Geopolitics, Trade & Supply Chains

Global Supply Shortages & Why SIOP Matters

Demand is soaring but supply is scarce. There is no doubt that we have a serious issue of limited supply. The pandemic created volatility in both demand and supply, causing a significant overload of ships at the L.A. and Long Beach ports early this year as Chinese factories caught [...]

admin2026-06-10T20:10:08-07:00May 31, 2021|Categories: Geopolitical Risk & Disruption, Geopolitics, Trade & Supply Chains|Tags: SIOP, S&OP, global trade, supply chain disruptions, labor shortages, geopolitical risk, supply chain shortages, supply chain misalignment|

Stabilizing Supply Chains in Unstable Times
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Stabilizing Supply Chains in Unstable Times

In The News, SIOP / Integrated Business Planning (IBP), Supply Chain Planning

Stabilizing Supply Chains in Unstable Times

Lisa Anderson, founder and president of LMA Consulting Group Inc., offers advice on how supply-chain managers can function efficiently in a time of deep uncertainty – and why's it's vital to achieve visibility of both customers and suppliers. The first step toward stabilizing the supply chain is to reach out [...]

admin2026-06-16T17:21:47-07:00August 24, 2020|Categories: In The News, SIOP / Integrated Business Planning (IBP), Supply Chain Planning|Tags: SIOP, S&OP, business consulting, supply chain disruptions, VUCA, stabilizing supply chains, supply chain misalignment|

What’s Going on in the Food Industry?
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What’s Going on in the Food Industry?

SIOP / Integrated Business Planning (IBP), Supply Chain Planning

What’s Going on in the Food Industry?

After receiving a call from a CBS affiliate asking about what's going on in the food industry, we thought it would make for an interesting deep dive. In addition, we have been working with companies from farm to table and from machinery equipment to logistics/ food service distribution and [...]

admin2026-06-07T23:23:24-07:00July 9, 2020|Categories: SIOP / Integrated Business Planning (IBP), Supply Chain Planning|Tags: predictive analytics, Food & Beverage, supply chain misalignment|

Manufacturing Expert, Lisa Anderson, Predicts Proactive Approach to Demand and Diversification of Supply is Key to Future-Proofing Manufacturing and the Supply Chain
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Manufacturing Expert, Lisa Anderson, Predicts Proactive Approach to Demand and Diversification of Supply is Key to Future-Proofing Manufacturing and the Supply Chain

Press Releases

Manufacturing Expert, Lisa Anderson, Predicts Proactive Approach to Demand and Diversification of Supply is Key to Future-Proofing Manufacturing and the Supply Chain

CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA – May 27, 2020 – Manufacturing and Supply Chain Expert, Lisa Anderson, MBA, CSCP, CLTD, president of LMA Consulting Group Inc., predicts that a proactive understanding of customer demand and diversification within the supply chain will prevent a next round of guffaws as the effects of COVID-19 [...]

admin2026-06-16T17:39:58-07:00May 29, 2020|Categories: Press Releases|Tags: coronavirus, demand planning, diversification, Resiliency, supply chain misalignment|

The Intersection of Supply Chain and Human Behavior
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The Intersection of Supply Chain and Human Behavior

In The News

The Intersection of Supply Chain and Human Behavior

I talked with the Direct Relief about the global supply chain during the pandemic. We discussed the issues of hoarding, the impacts on the global supply chain and what could be done to realign the supply chain so that consumers had what they needed where they needed it when [...]

admin2026-06-16T17:40:21-07:00April 23, 2020|Categories: In The News|Tags: coronavirus, bullwhip effect, supply chain misalignment|

Restocking Shelves Amid the Novel Coronavirus
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Restocking Shelves Amid the Novel Coronavirus

In The News

Restocking Shelves Amid the Novel Coronavirus

I talked with the Santa Clarita Valley Signal on the problems keeping shelves stocked amid the coronavirus lockdown. We talked about the end-to-end supply chain and what impacts the supply chain would have on how quickly the shelves would be restocked. See below for the reprinted article from the [...]

admin2026-06-16T17:40:51-07:00March 29, 2020|Categories: In The News|Tags: bullwhip effect, supply chain misalignment, supply chain disruptions, coronavirus|

Why Inventory Will Matter Again
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Why Inventory Will Matter Again

Supply Chain Planning, Inventory, Distribution & Replenishment Planning

Why Inventory Will Matter Again

Inventory is circling back in importance and will become a hot topic again as customers expect immediate, customized deliveries with the expectation of easy returns and last-minute changes to orders in production, in the warehouse or in transit. What are you doing to get ahead of this ‘new normal’ assumption?