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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.

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.

Interview with Industrial Insights on How SIOP Can Address Business Volatility

Supply chain disruptions and demand volatility make it increasingly difficult to balance customer needs with capacity, inventory, and profitability. In this Industrial Insights interview, Lisa Anderson discusses how SIOP helps companies anticipate changing demand, align supply, manage inventory and working capital, and make faster decisions in a volatile business environment.

SAC: Successful Organizations Move Beyond the Great Resignation

The Great Resignation reinforced the importance of strong leadership, workplace culture, and employee engagement. Successful organizations are retaining and attracting talent by listening to employees, communicating a clear vision, recognizing contributions, developing their workforce, and creating an environment where people want to succeed.

Turning Data into Insights to Improve SIOP & Customer Service

Reliable data is essential to effective SIOP and better business decisions. Learn how cleansing, connecting, consolidating, and validating data can improve visibility, turn data into actionable insights, and help manufacturers strengthen customer service, planning, and supply chain performance.

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