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Demand Planning

Preparing for Demand Shocks

There is such a wide range of shocks that can happen to your supply chain and to the demand for what you’re making. Can you ever truly prepare? What kinds of projections are most useful, and how can you set yourself up for success if you do have the ability to anticipate a surge in demand?
2024-07-15T17:13:18-07:00July 12, 2024|Categories: Demand Planning, In The News, Media, Podcasts, Supply Chain Planning, Videos & Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |
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How to Avoid Supply Chain Disasters: Inc. From the Ground Up

Lisa Anderson, a supply chain expert and consultant who founded LMA Consulting Group, says projecting future demand is paramount when facing a demand surge.
2024-07-06T21:39:13-07:00July 6, 2024|Categories: Demand Planning, In The News, Media, Supply Chain (End-to-End), Supply Chain Optimization & Collaboration, Supply Chain Planning|Tags: , , , , , |
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What is Your Demand Plan? Sales Strategies for Success

Sales strategies and customer programs are pivotal to developing a demand plan in support of sales revenue growth goals. SIOP (Sales Inventory Operations Planning) will translate these sales forecasts into operations and supply plans for review with cross-functional teams to ensure the sales plans are fulfilled successfully and efficiently.
2024-06-06T08:26:31-07:00April 30, 2024|Categories: Demand Planning, Supply Chain (End-to-End), Supply Chain Optimization & Collaboration, Supply Chain Planning|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |
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Lisa Anderson, Manufacturing & Supply Chain Expert Highlights Proactive Backlog Management as a Keystone for Elevating Customer Service in Manufacturing

CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA – November 20, 2023 –  In a business landscape characterized by unprecedented business volatility, maintaining stellar customer service emerges as a critical differentiator for companies navigating the ebbs and flows of the current market. Manufacturing and Supply Chain Consultant Lisa Anderson, MBA, CSCP, CLTD and President of [...]

2024-05-31T15:30:05-07:00November 20, 2023|Categories: Demand Planning, Manufacturing, Press Releases, Production & Inventory Management, Supply Chain Planning|Tags: , , , , , , , , |
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Forecasting in Flux: Importance of Supply Chain Flexibility

Lisa Anderson of LMA Consulting Group was quoted in a Harvard Business Review report about supply chain volatility and uncertainty that are part of the new normal.
2024-03-29T23:25:48-07:00October 27, 2023|Categories: Demand Planning, In The News, Supply Chain Planning|Tags: , , , , , , , , |
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Effective Backlog Management to Rapidly Improve Service

Customer service has suffered in the last few years. Yet providing a superior customer experience is paramount to success especially during these turbulent times of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA).
2024-06-06T08:32:56-07:00October 11, 2023|Categories: Demand Planning, Supply Chain (End-to-End), Supply Chain Optimization & Collaboration, Supply Chain Planning|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |
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Upgrade Demand Planning Processes & Software to Navigate Economic Challenges

During times of volatility including inflation and recession, forecasting future sales becomes even more vital than it is during regular business cycles. Emerging from the pandemic, the global markets have experienced rising costs and significant demand. In the U.S. [...]
2024-05-29T10:08:36-07:00July 8, 2022|Categories: Demand Planning, ERP & Technology, Supply Chain Planning, Supply Chain Technologies|Tags: , , |
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Navigating Current Global Business Challenges with SIOP & Demand Volatility

Lisa Anderson was interviewed by Lucie Newcomb for the podcast series “Staying Global While Staying Home”. They addressed the topic of the state of the global supply chain and strategies to successfully navigate with Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP / SIOP) with an emphasis on getting a handle on demand volatility. [...]
2024-01-24T21:04:42-08:00April 22, 2022|Categories: Demand Planning, Global Trade, Geopolitics, & Import/ Export, In The News, Interviews, SIOP Videos, Videos & Podcasts, Webinars|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |
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Craig Young, Senior Director of Operation, Nellson

Lisa Anderson and the team at LMA Consulting working with Nellson to upgrade the planning, purchasing/ MRP, supply chain and S&OP/ SIOP processes. The result was improved service levels with on time in full (OTIF) from the low 90's to the high 90's; reduced inventory levels; reduced obsolete inventory, improved billbacks on expired material (from around 0% to nearly 100%); and gained more value from the ERP system.
2024-06-05T20:38:05-07:00February 14, 2022|Categories: Demand Planning, Manufacturing, Production & Inventory Management, Production & Materials Planning, SIOP / S&OP, Supply Chain Planning, Video Testimonials, Videos & Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , , |
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Creating Predictable Revenue with Demand Planning Best Practices

Predicting the Unpredictable Every client believes their demand cannot be predicted. After all, customers don't know what is going on in their end-to-end supply chain with the global supply chain chaos. Sales teams are optimistic and either forecast too much, hoping Operations will produce and store "just in case" [...]

2024-06-05T19:01:35-07:00January 13, 2022|Categories: Demand Planning, SIOP / S&OP, Supply Chain Planning|Tags: , , , , , |
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