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Supply Chain Trade & Logistics

Pitfalls and Solutions: Common Supply Chain Issues in Manufacturing and Distribution

Lisa Anderson joined Food and Beverage Talk podcast to discuss supply chain challenges and opportunities in the food and beverage industry.

2024-03-29T23:32:06-07:00October 5, 2023|Categories: Distribution & Warehousing, In The News, Podcasts, Supply Chain (End-to-End), Supply Chain Trade & Logistics, Supply Chain Transformation, Optimization & Collaboration|Tags: , , , , , , , |
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Sustainability Gains but the Technology Isn’t Always Ready

Sustainability remains in the news; however, the technology doesn't always keep up. For example, Lego has abandoned its most high-profile effort to ditch oil-based plastics from its bricks after finding that its new material led to higher carbon emissions, according to the Financial Times.

2024-11-14T08:53:35-08:00September 28, 2023|Categories: E-Commerce & Logistics, Supply Chain Briefing, Supply Chain Trade & Logistics, Sustainability & Impacts|Tags: , , , , |
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Lisa Anderson, Manufacturing & Supply Chain Expert Advises Business Leaders to Keep a Pulse on Current Events

The critical importance for owners and business leaders to understand how current events can significantly impact their supply chains. LMA Consulting Group works with manufacturers and distributors on strategy and end-to-end supply chain transformation to maximize the customer experience and enable profitable, scalable, dramatic business growth.

2024-06-16T14:34:21-07:00August 31, 2023|Categories: Business & the Economy, Global Trade, Geopolitics, & Import/ Export, Press Releases, Supply Chain Trade & Logistics|Tags: , , , , , , |
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Panama Canal Drought Accelerating Supply Chain Optimization

The Panama Canal has a 40% market share for containers moving goods from Northeast Asia to the U.S. East Coast, and drought conditions are creating a new round of supply chain disruptions. There have been between 130 - 160 ships waiting, leading to supply chain delays.

2024-03-29T23:35:54-07:00August 28, 2023|Categories: Global Trade, Geopolitics, & Import/ Export, Supply Chain (End-to-End), Supply Chain Briefing, Supply Chain Trade & Logistics, Supply Chain Transformation, Optimization & Collaboration|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |
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Navigating Supply Chain Challenges Geopolitical, Energy, Regulations, Rare Earths

The world of supply chain and logistics has been plagued with volatility, disruptions, geopolitical issues, concerns about energy availability and transition, increased regulations, and rare earths.

2025-03-04T10:40:05-08:00July 21, 2023|Categories: Global Trade, Geopolitics, & Import/ Export, Supply Chain Trade & Logistics|Tags: , , , , , , , |
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A Potential UPS Strike, Supply Chain Impacts & Strategies

A UPS strike was averted on the last day of the quarter, but it still hangs in the balance as the two sides are not on the same page! The head of the union said an imminent strike was likely when a counterproposal fell flat. Now that a new counterproposal was submitted, the imminent strike was called off with a new date set within a week.

2024-03-29T23:39:32-07:00July 7, 2023|Categories: E-Commerce & Logistics, Supply Chain Briefing, Supply Chain Trade & Logistics, Transportation & Goods Movement|Tags: , , , , , |
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Using Capacity Planning to Increase Revenue & Profitability

Manufacturing is on a downward trend after eight months of PMI (purchasing manager's index) below 50. It dropped to 46 in June. China's manufacturing also shrank for a third month in a row to a PMI of 49. Yet manufacturers backlogs remain relatively robust in many industries, leading executives perplexed on what to do about capacity shortfalls.

2024-03-29T23:40:25-07:00July 6, 2023|Categories: Capacity & Labor Planning, Distribution & Warehousing, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Scalability & Resource Planning, Supply Chain Planning, Supply Chain Trade & Logistics|Tags: , , , , , |
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Supply Chains, Energy Transition and Geopolitical Fragmentation

In this episode of Interlinks I am joined again by my colleagues from the supply chain special interest group of the Society for the Advancement of Consulting to discuss the issues of energy security and geopolitical change and how they are influencing the thinking of business strategists and decision makers as the look to design and configure the supply chains of the future.

2024-04-09T15:13:18-07:00June 26, 2023|Categories: Global Supply Chain Consultant Series, Global Trade, Geopolitics, & Import/ Export, In The News, Podcasts, Supply Chain Trade & Logistics, Videos & Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , , |
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Geopolitical, Energy, Regulations, Rare Earths & the Supply Chain

The world of supply chain and logistics has been plagued with volatility, disruptions, geopolitical issues, concerns about energy availability and transition, and increased regulations.

2025-03-04T10:40:52-08:00June 20, 2023|Categories: Global Supply Chain Consultant Series, Global Trade, Geopolitics, & Import/ Export, Panels, Supply Chain Trade & Logistics, Videos & Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |
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Geopolitics, Natural Resources & Impacts to the Supply Chain

There are mountains of geopolitical threats going on with significant impact on the supply chain. Most, if not all of these also relate to natural resources.

2024-03-29T23:43:24-07:00June 19, 2023|Categories: Global Trade, Geopolitics, & Import/ Export, Supply Chain Briefing, Supply Chain Trade & Logistics|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |
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