Published on May 23, 2017 Lisa Anderson Announces APICS Student Case Competition Manufacturing and Supply Chain Expert, Lisa Anderson, MBA, CSCP, CLTD, president of LMA Consulting Group Inc., talks with Ron Stark about the awards she will be presenting and the exciting developments that manufacturing has achieved. [...]
The Inland Empire Chapter of APICS, the leading association for supply chain and operations professionals, will be hosting a meeting on global supply chain trends and strategies at its Disruptive Innovations in Logistics Spring Executive Panel & Networking Symposium on May 6 in Corona, Calif. Expert panelists including Dr. [...]
January 27, 2017 I am the Chair of the Innovation Awards of the Manufacturers' Summit for the Inland Empire, and we have been quite busy preparing for this Friday's summit (see below). It is important to encourage innovation for the obvious reason that if we do not innovate, we [...]
Crowdsourcing is an engaging, collaborative practice that is catching on to stimulate innovation and new ideas in R&D and software design. In asking questions about outsourcing, insourcing and near-sourcing of the executive panel at APICS Inland Empire's symposium, we heard several great stories. One of them was compelling about [...]
November 17, 2016 While in Japan last week, I had the opportunity to ride the bullet train three times - and, even waited to go back to Tokyo from Mt. Fuji to see it whiz past since you cannot see it in action in Tokyo as a terminal station [...]
September 22, 2016 Last week, Kash Gokli (the head of Harvey Mudd's manufacturing program) and I facilitated our Harvey Mudd executive roundtable discussion with executives of Southern California on just this topic. According to best practices, your new product sales should become 30% of total sales within 2-3 years. [...]
September 8, 2016 With the reboot of MacGyver starting this fall, it reminds me of one of the strategies behind my success - leverage already-existing assets to deliver results. Coincidently, over Labor Day weekend, I went to Santa Barbara and stayed at the Fess Parker resort by Doubletree. Of [...]
April 27, 2016 I was the Chair of the Manufacturers Council of the Inland Empire (MCIE)'s Innovation awards committee for this year's Manufacturers' Summit. It was inspiring to hear the stories of manufacturing innovation at today's awards ceremony! These companies innovated in many different ways ranging from workforce [...]
March 23, 2016 I frequently speak to groups about how we must celebrate mistakes. No one will innovate if they are afraid of being hit over the head if they make a mistake. Unfortunately, it occurs more frequently than imaginable! Yet only those leaders who encourage innovation will thrive [...]
Originally published on ExpertClick on March 10, 2016 Submissions are due March 15 for the most inventive and resourceful Inland Empire manufacturers to participate in E=mc2 Innovation Awards. Winners will be recognized among their peers and the media at the 5th Annual Manufacturers' Summit, April 26th at the Ontario [...]
