CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA – December 30, 2020 – Manufacturing and Supply Chain Expert, Lisa Anderson, MBA, CSCP, CLTD, President of LMA Consulting Group Inc., looks back at 2020 and recognizes a pivotal year for manufacturing and the supply chain. The pandemic caused considerable disruption for manufacturers and their supply chains. [...]
According to surveys in both North America and Europe, executives are not just talking about reshoring; they are taking action. Does that mean globalization is dead?
“In the new reality brought by COVID-19, executives will be more concerned about risk and how to be prepared for rapidly changing customer conditions,” said Manufacturing and Supply Chain Expert, Lisa Anderson, MBA, CSCP, CLTD, president of LMA Consulting Group Inc.
The COVID-19 pandemic reshaped manufacturing and global supply chains, exposing vulnerabilities while accelerating innovation, digitization, and new ways of working. As organizations adapted to unprecedented disruption, industry leaders around the world came together through the World Manufacturing Foundation's "Back to the Future" initiative to explore the future of [...]
According to a McKinsey survey about COVID-19’s impact on operations and the future supply chain, supply chain leaders believe it will be transformed. For example, close to 75% experienced issues in the production, distribution and supplier footprint that will require changes in the future, and a whopping 93% of [...]
Once a full list of suppliers has been created, the next step for managing in the pandemic is to prioritize the most important of those on the list. This exercise should be based not so much on the volume driven by a supplier, but rather how critical they are [...]
Lisa Anderson, founder and president at LMA Consulting Group Inc. based in Claremont, Calif. was the opening keynote speaker on day 3 at the SAP Vision 33 Virtual Conference. Published in SAP Vision 33 on Oct. 2020 Click here to read more.
Several clients are wondering, “Is JIT Dead?”. Definitely not. Just-in-time inventory planning is a best practice inventory management process. If you are literally ordering just-in-time from China and expecting to not experience disruptions without strategic stockpiles, capacity or agility built into the picture is not smart. On the other [...]
Manufacturing and Supply Chain Expert, Lisa Anderson, MBA, CSCP, CLTD, president of LMA Consulting Group Inc., tells companies to recognize workforce talents and take time to partner with the right suppliers. LMA Consulting Group works with manufacturers and distributors on strategy and end-to-end supply chain transformation to maximize the customer experience and [...]
Supply chain stability has become a top priority for manufacturers and distributors navigating ongoing disruption and uncertainty. In this interview with SupplyChainBrain Editor-in-Chief Robert J. Bowman, Lisa Anderson discusses how companies can improve visibility, strengthen supplier and customer relationships, leverage technology, and use SIOP to build a more resilient [...]
