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Geopolitical Risk & Disruption

Geopolitical events can disrupt sourcing, transportation, production, and customer fulfillment with little warning. Explore strategies for anticipating geopolitical risk, responding to global disruptions, and strengthening supply chain resilience. Learn how manufacturers and distributors improve visibility, diversify risk, enhance Supply Chain Planning, leverage Supply Chain Technology & Enablement, and build more agile operations that protect profitability, maintain supply continuity, and support predictable business performance in an increasingly uncertain world.

Just in the News: Supply Chain

As the economy reopened following COVID-19 restrictions, supply chains struggled to keep pace with surging demand. In this interview with Just the News, Lisa Anderson explains what caused the widespread shortages and shares insights on building more resilient supply chains for the future.

2026-06-13T11:12:51-07:00June 1, 2021|Categories: In The News, Geopolitical Risk & Disruption, Geopolitics, Trade & Supply Chains|Tags: , , , , , , , , |
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Supply Chain, Materials & Logistics Disruption Webinar of Top-Notch Global Consultants

Supply Chain Disruption The pandemic certainly brought supply chain disruptions to the forefront. People who never gave supply chain a thought were suddenly focused on the topic. Early in the pandemic, I was interviewed on Rip City Sports Radio about toilet paper and later by Bloomberg about supply chain [...]

2026-06-29T19:52:35-07:00May 31, 2021|Categories: Geopolitical Risk & Disruption, Geopolitics, Trade & Supply Chains, Network Strategy & Optimization|Tags: , |
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Global Supply Shortages & Why SIOP Matters

Demand is soaring but supply is scarce. There is no doubt that we have a serious issue of limited supply. The pandemic created volatility in both demand and supply, causing a significant overload of ships at the L.A. and Long Beach ports early this year as Chinese factories caught [...]

2026-07-05T23:35:06-07:00May 31, 2021|Categories: Geopolitical Risk & Disruption, Geopolitics, Trade & Supply Chains|Tags: , , , , , , |
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Commercial Baking: Sounding the Alarm on Supply Chain Disruption

What happens when people get behind? They think, ‘I better order more,’" said Lisa Anderson, founder of LMA Consulting and speaker on supply chain for manufacturing. "They’re over-ordering, which is causing even more delays.

2026-07-06T00:00:15-07:00May 14, 2021|Categories: In The News, Geopolitical Risk & Disruption, Geopolitics, Trade & Supply Chains|Tags: , |
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Discussing Supply Chain Disruptions with NBC-affiliated KSHB-TV

Supply chain disruptions have been creating news since the pandemic started, and it is definitely not slowing down. Watch my interview by KSHB-TV in Kansas City on "'Spiraled cut of control': Why the pandemic is still impacting supply chains' and send us your stories. [...]

2026-06-10T20:30:22-07:00May 11, 2021|Categories: In The News, Geopolitical Risk & Disruption, Geopolitics, Trade & Supply Chains|Tags: , , , |
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NBC News Kansas City: Spiraled out of control’: Why the pandemic is still impacting supply chains

Manufacturing and Supply Chain Expert, Lisa Anderson, MBA, CSCP, CLTD, President of LMA Consulting Group Inc., comments on how the pandemic is impacting the supply chain. Anderson contends there's no "back to normal" when it comes to her client's supply chains.

2026-06-10T20:10:17-07:00May 5, 2021|Categories: Geopolitical Risk & Disruption, In The News, Geopolitics, Trade & Supply Chains|Tags: , , |
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SAC: Global Business Opportunities Now Springing Up Everywhere

CLAREMONT, CA—While 2021 may be a year of mixed opportunities for global business, according to The Society for the Advancement of Consulting® (SAC), if companies look closely they’ll find a myriad of opportunities to discover and exploit. E-Commerce Growth to Drive Supply Chain Opportunities “As vaccines are distributed at [...]

2026-07-06T15:19:32-07:00April 21, 2021|Categories: Geopolitical Risk & Disruption, Press Releases, Geopolitics, Trade & Supply Chains|Tags: , , |
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NBC 2 WGRZ: Ever Given’ ship stuck in the Suez Canal cost the economy $400M an hour

Manufacturing and Supply Chain Expert Lisa Anderson, president of LMA Consulting Group Inc. discusses the economical impact the stuck cargo ship had on the global economy. ### The Ever Given cargo ship was grounded in the Suez Canal for over six days, causing an enormous backup in one of the world’s major trade [...]

2026-06-07T20:54:56-07:00March 29, 2021|Categories: In The News, Geopolitical Risk & Disruption, Geopolitics, Trade & Supply Chains|Tags: , , , , , , , |
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Washington Post: Suez Canal Blockage & Impacts

I am thrilled to be quoted in the Washington Post in an article "Why a ship stuck in Egypt threatens the economy in the United States". The hot news of the week is that a container ship got stuck in the Suez Canal and has created a pileup of ships waiting to pass through the canal [...]

2026-06-10T20:30:31-07:00March 26, 2021|Categories: In The News, Geopolitical Risk & Disruption, Geopolitics, Trade & Supply Chains|Tags: , , , |
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Why the Supply Chain is Strategic & the Backlog of Ships at the Ports

Everyone is talking about the backlog of ships at the ports and when it will be resolved, but is that the right question? NO! Of course we will eventually resolve the current backlog; however, there are continual disruptions in the extended supply chain, and so who knows what disruption will be next. [...]

2026-07-05T23:51:20-07:00March 11, 2021|Categories: Geopolitical Risk & Disruption, Geopolitics, Trade & Supply Chains|Tags: , , , , , , |
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