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.
Lisa Anderson’s special report, Thriving in 2022: Learning from Supply Chain Chaos, shares insights from 22 trusted advisors on navigating supply chain disruptions, strengthening resiliency, and thriving amid continued volatility.
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.
The U.S.-Canada border protests disrupted a critical trade corridor, threatening delays and supply chain impacts. Lisa Anderson discusses the potential consequences for manufacturers, transportation, and cross-border trade.
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.
Value-added service stands out when customers are frustrated by shortages, delays, and disruption. Companies and suppliers that communicate, solve problems, and go the extra mile will strengthen customer relationships and differentiate themselves from the competition.
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.
