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Explore supply chain articles, manufacturing insights, and practical strategies covering SIOP (Sales Inventory Operations Planning), supply chain planning, ERP, AI, operational performance, and global trade. Stay current with the latest trends, executive perspectives, and thought leadership from LMA Consulting Group.

Source Day: Women in ERP

In SourceDay's "Women in ERP" panel, Lisa Anderson joined industry leaders to discuss best practices for ERP selection, upgrades, and utilization. The conversation explored how organizations can maximize the value of their ERP investments to improve visibility, support growth, and drive operational performance.

International Business Academy Workshop

Riverside International Business Academy: Supply Chain Resiliency Lisa Anderson, Supply Chain Expert and President of LMA Consulting Group discusses the many layers of supply chain challenges and how to create supply chain resiliency.

Lost Revenue Due to Lack of Resources: How to Attract People to Your Company

According to Interos, almost 90% of companies experienced a negative impact to revenue due to supply chain disruption. That is a BIG number! From our point-of-view, every client is complaining about the lack of critical resources required to support the business and has experienced negative impacts to revenue (even if only in terms of a delay to revenue recognition).

Lisa Anderson, Manufacturing, SIOP Expert and President of LMA Consulting Gets Real About Supply Chains and World Events

Global events such as the Russia-Ukraine war continue to expose vulnerabilities across interconnected supply chains. Manufacturers can get ahead of disruption by strengthening supply chain resilience, reevaluating suppliers, reshoring and nearshoring operations, leveraging technology, and using S&OP to improve flexibility and control.

Manage the Impact of Supplier Risk in your Supply Chain

In this webinar, industry expert Lisa Anderson along with NETSTOCK's Russ Graff discuss their top insights on how businesses can improve their processes and reduce supplier risk to ensure they deliver what their customers need. 

5P Accelerator Process to Fast-Track Growth & Profits During Business Volatility

The 5P Accelerator helps manufacturers and distributors fast-track growth and profitability by focusing on five critical areas: people, processes, plan, priorities, and profit drivers. By aligning these elements, companies can improve performance, increase scalability, and stay ahead of changing market conditions.

What Is S&OP (also known as SIOP) & Why Should We Care?

S&OP, also known as SIOP or Integrated Business Planning, connects strategy with execution by aligning demand, supply, inventory, capacity, and resources. A strong SIOP process helps companies improve collaboration, make better strategic decisions, and successfully navigate changing business conditions.

Proactive Planning to Grow & Scale

Rapid growth creates opportunities, but manufacturers need the capacity and planning capabilities to deliver. Strong demand, capacity, production, inventory, and materials planning — supported by SIOP and what-if scenario analysis — helps companies anticipate constraints, improve customer service, and scale profitably.

SIOP and S&OP FAQs: Implementation & Proven Results

SIOP aligns sales, operations, supply chain, and finance around one plan to improve revenue predictability, customer service, inventory, and profitability. This Q&A explores how manufacturers can use SIOP to anticipate capacity and resource needs, improve operational performance, and support profitable growth.

Applying Lessons Learned from Supply Chain Chaos to Thrive in 2022

Supply chain chaos exposed the risks of lengthy global supply chains and the need for greater resilience, responsiveness, and control. Manufacturers are rethinking where they produce and source, strengthening SIOP and planning capabilities, investing in technology, and moving manufacturing closer to customers to support profitable growth.

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