Lively discussion with Lisa Anderson and David Ogilvie, my colleagues from the Society for the Advancement of Consulting (SAC) Supply Chain Special Interest Group about how companies can overcome the barriers to growth arising from supply chain disruptions.
Global events and geopolitical conflicts continue to expose vulnerabilities across supply chains. Lisa Anderson discusses how manufacturers can respond to disruption by reevaluating suppliers, reshoring and nearshoring, optimizing inventory, leveraging advanced technologies, and proactively building greater supply chain resilience.
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.
The Society for the Advancement of Consulting (SAC) opened nominations for its 2022 Corrie Shanahan Memorial Consulting Awards, recognizing outstanding consultants and achievements in creativity and innovation. The awards honor consultants delivering exceptional client results while advancing the consulting profession.
During supply chain disruptions and shortages, strategic partners are more likely to prioritize one another than transactional suppliers and customers. Learn how stronger supplier partnerships, active backup sources, collaborative planning, and becoming a customer of choice can improve supply continuity, strengthen resiliency, and support profitable 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.
Manufacturing and supply chain expert Lisa Anderson, MBA, CSCP, CLTD, President of LMA Consulting Group Inc., has released a special report, "Thriving in 2022: Learning from Supply Chain Chaos. We learned a lot in 2021. One thing is for certain; supply chain volatility isn't going away any time soon.
Technology integration is becoming essential as manufacturers navigate supply chain disruptions, labor constraints, reshoring, and changing customer expectations. A panel of manufacturing and supply chain experts discusses the challenges of automation and digital transformation and how companies can successfully integrate technology to improve predictability, scalability, and performance.
Manufacturers have more data than ever, but data alone doesn’t improve performance. Learn how to cleanse, connect, and analyze data from ERP, CRM, and other systems to generate meaningful insights, improve decision-making, enhance customer service, and support predictable, profitable growth.
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.
