Lisa Anderson, founder and president of LMA Consulting Group, Inc., shares her supply chain expertise to help you learn best practices for improving your manufacturing operations and building resilient supply chain strategies!
In this episode of Supply Chain Chats, Lisa Anderson talks about impacts from the lead up to the election and how the heightened risk levels in the supply chain will lead to a manufacturing renaissance. Manufacturers have been experiencing weaker sales backlogs with customers pushing out orders.
Lisa Anderson calls on manufacturers, distributors and supply chain leaders to take immediate action to restructure their supply chains as geopolitical tensions, tariff threats and global risks escalate.
Ramp It Up! explores actionable strategies for supply chain executives to prepare for the looming threat of tariffs. In under 90 seconds, get key insights on how to stay proactive and protect your supply chain from potential disruptions.
What does the election mean for manufacturing and supply chain? Will it be a continuation of the status quo, a surge for manufacturers, or a further dampening of the economy?
Given the uncertainty of the economy creating extreme push outs and pull ins with customer orders, only those companies that can successfully deal with uncertain and changing conditions can thrive. Better utilizing ERP, quoting, and CRM systems to automate planning and scheduling processes enables quicker pivots to satisfy changing customer conditions with greater stability for operations.
Hundreds of pagers used by Iran-backed Hezbollah exploded in Lebanon and Syria. It appears to be a part of a plan of sophisticated, deadly attacks that targeted specific people, leaving 12 dead and thousands injured.
According to the WorldMetrics.org report, 89% of manufacturers believe automation is key to increasing productivity. More importantly to increasing profitable growth, the report also finds that automation reduces manufacturing lead time by 75%.
There is a potential for chaos in the logistics world with simultaneous strikes from Canada's rail workers and the U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast longshoremen. It is gaining in likelihood each day as negotiations are not progressing.
As geopolitical and economic risks rise, executives become more concerned. Proactive clients are taking action to boldly invest where it makes sense while aggressively focusing on inventory and cost reduction of non-value added items/ work and also ensuring high customer service levels.
