March 8, 2016 I've been spending considerable time helping clients select, design and implement ERP systems and leverage functionality and reports to make quick yet effective business decisions. It is considered "old school" to have to do these functions from a computer screen. We don't even have to look [...]
Published on March 2, 2016 Preview Lisa Anderson, President of Claremont, CA-based LMA Consulting Group, Inc. presents a primer for her APICS 2015 speech on the Amazon Effect and provides a few tips for success.
Our most successful clients are constantly thinking about where they are headed. They think about why they are going there - how does it fit with their vision? How does it have meaning for their customers? Employees? Supply chain partners? They also think about emerging trends - what [...]
February 24, 2016 Last weekend, the APICS Southwest district held its 10th annual student case competition. We had 25 teams and 108 students from 3 countries with another 11 teams on the wait list (including another country). We had about 50% undergraduate and 50% graduate level students who competed [...]
You are keeping pace with the latest supply chain trends, but are you focused on the ones that will mean success for your team and company? If there is one area that changes on a seemingly daily basis, it is your end-to-end supply chain. World events change your supply [...]
Published in Global Trade Magazine on Dec. 14th, 2015 Identifying best practices for company types and cultures is key, according to Lisa Anderson, say Lisa Anderson, President of LMA Consulting Group, Claremont, CA. "Collaboration with customers and suppliers is typically a best practice that can help reduce inventory levels," [...]
You can’t expect manufacturing or distribution success without securing base fundamentals such as inventory management. I received a note recently from one of my newsletter subscribers asking if inventory management is dead. He stated that he didn’t think there was a single session on inventory management at APICS 2015 [...]
Supply chain professionals with technical and communication skills are in high demand as business booms and complexity grows. I just talked with several recruiters who see significant growth potential in supply chain management jobs. Thus, they have launched a concerted effort at mid-level supply chain management jobs. They were [...]
As customers continue to demand shorter lead times, it becomes imperative for manufacturers and distributors to become more responsive and improve order fulfillment cycle time. I've been working on my book The Amazon Effect lately, and it brings to mind the critical importance of responsiveness. There is no doubt [...]
Collaboration during the planning process is instrumental in creating an effective end-to-end supply chain where everyone gets what they need when they need it. My most successful clients consider collaborative planning a no-brainer. In its simplest form, collaborative planning is partnering with your customers, suppliers and other supply [...]
