Supply Chain Chats™

Welcome to Supply Chain Chats

Join us for Supply Chain Chats, a video & interview series that will address timely topics in the global supply chain and impacts on manufacturers, distributors, and transportation and logistics partners. We will provide insights, ideas, and innovations to ignite customer success, profitable growth, and accelerated cash flow.

Supply Chain Chats Episodes

Manufacturing Trends, Election Impacts & Supply Chain Strategies

Manufacturing Trends, Election Impacts & 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.

Solutions to address supply chain vulnerabilities from global events, strikes, and disasters to maintain operational resilience and efficiency

Current Events & Supply Chain Vulnerabilities

In this episode of Supply Chain Chats, Lisa Anderson talks about the extreme vulnerabilities emerging in the global supply chain. From the war in the Middle East with exploding pagers highlighting the vulnerabilities of the global supply chain to Hurricane Helene’s devastation […]

global supply chain strategies, including diversification and regional manufacturing, to overcome logistics challenges

The Global Supply Chain: Issues and Options

In this episode of Supply Chain Chats, Lisa Anderson talks about the state of affairs in the global supply chain. From the drought impacting container ship capacity in the Panama Canal to the Iran-backed Houthi rebels attacking container ships in the Suez Canal to the Chinese aggression towards Taiwan and ships passing in the South China Seas, risks are increasing across the global supply chain.

State of Business Supply Chain: Opportunities, Insights, and Optimization - LMA Consulting Group

The State of Business, Supply Chain and Opportunities

In this episode of Supply Chain Chats, Lisa Anderson talks about the state of business, the economy, and supply chain, what it means and how to take advantage of the opportunities that will come down the pike.She talks in detail about inflation, recession, the impacts of interest rates and the labor force and what the successful companies are doing differently to succeed.

Supply Chain Disruptions: Managing Volatility - Explore strategies, mitigate risks, and seize opportunities in a dynamic business environment

Impact of Supply Chain Disruptions – Inflation, Recession, Volatility, Opportunity?

In this episode of Supply Chain Chats, Lisa Anderson talks about impacts of supply chain disruptions and global unrest on inflation, recession, volatility, and opportunity. She uses the price of plastic as an example of the continuing impact from the Russia-Ukraine war and discusses China’s Zero-COVID policies impact on inflation and recession.

Impact of inflation & supply chain disruption on fertilizer rail transportation. Expert insights by LMA Consulting Group

Inflation, Supply Chain Disruption, Fertilizer + Rail

In this episode of Supply Chain Chats, Lisa Anderson talks about impacts of inflation and supply chain disruption in the global supply chain. She uses fertilizer as an example and talks through how inflation and supply chain disruptions are interrelated and walks through the increase in the price of oil and gas to China’s decision to stop exporting to the Russia-Ukraine war and the potential rail strike. […]