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Originally published on Patrick Daly Interlinks Podcast on 3/12/2024

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The awareness of the importance of international supply chains has grown in recent years, not just among the business fraternity, but more widely in the media, among politicians and ordinary citizens as well. Because of the multiple crises that we have endured such as COVID, Brexit, War in Ukraine and geopolitical tensions with China people now understand much better that it is the correct functioning of these complex supply chains that keeps the show on the road.

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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.

Joining me today are:

• Dr. Karen Wilson-Starks, President and CEO of Transleadership of in Colorado Springs in the state of Colorado
• Lisa Anderson, president of LMA Consulting, from the Los Angeles metro area in California
• Diane Garcia, president of Lorraine Consulting from Phoenix Arizona

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Originally published on Patrick Daly Interlinks Podcast on 6/26/2023

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In today’s environment, understanding your supply chain is critical to the success of your business. Join us as we chat with Lisa Anderson, President of LMA Consulting Group, about what’s going on in the supply chain, technology trends, and why it’s important to have standards. 

Key takeaways:

1. The combination of business intelligence, predictive analytics, and other tools can drive positive results for companies and improve decision-making in areas like production, purchasing, and customer needs.
2. Labor shortage is a global issue that is causing bottlenecks and potential problems in the supply chain. Companies need to explore technologies and automation to address this challenge and navigate volatility in the supply chain.
3. Standardizing data and implementing technologies like barcoding and RFID can lead to improved business performance, better forecasting, resource allocation, and material management, resulting in decreased lead times and increased growth. Prioritizing resources and focusing on what will make a difference for customers, revenue, and employee engagement is key.

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Originally published on GS1 on 9/27/2023

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Lisa Anderson was interviewed on the Lou Desmond radio show to talk supply chain. John Tulac, international business attorney, hosted the show to talk the status of the supply chain and what opportunities will emerge. We discussed the status of the supply chain post pandemic including the impacts on inventory levels, cash flow and the Bullwhip Effect. The bullwhip effect is a supply chain concept that describes how small fluctuations in demand at the retail level can cause progressively larger fluctuations in demand at the wholesale, distributor, manufacturer, and supplier levels.

We also talked about supply chain risk as the conversation was on the heels of the Chinese spy balloon traversing the United States. John Tulac is an expert in China and the global economy and geopolitical risk, and so we talked about the implications of this risk and how manufacturers and distributors should respond. From spy balloons to the Russia-Ukraine war and changing relationships related to oil to the elevated risk of China, we talked about getting in front of supply chain risk, knowing what’s going on in the world and how to encourage executives to keep up with changing global conditions as it is vital to surviving, let alone thriving in the volatile business environment. Certainly, the supply chain risk topic was followed by what to do about it including backup sources of supply, reshoring, nearshoring, and taking control of your supply chain. This led to a discussion on examples and case studies related to computer chips, Tesla, and other types of companies moving supply chains to mitigate risk.

John wrapped up the show by commenting about the importance of energy and complex systems.

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Originally published on the Lou Desmond Show on 2/13/2023

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

The complex and under-appreciated topic of production planning and supply chain optimization is the focus of this episode of F&B Talk. Lisa Anderson takes a look at the different components of production management and how they fit into the supply chain world. She discusses the steps of the production planning process, the importance of the sales forecast, common issues in the supply chain on the manufacturing and distribution sides of operations and keeping all the elements and players on the same page.

During this interview, Lisa talks through supply chain trends and where clients should focus to succeed in the current environment. Most importantly, she discusses food and beverage client examples and provides insights and tips for how to handle these common supply chain issues.

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In this episode of Interlinks, Patrick Daly was joined again by his colleagues from the supply chain special interest group of the Society for the Advancement of Consulting to discuss the issue of how and why so many businesses are overlooking the fundamentals of business as we emerge from a period of turbulence characterized by pandemic war and supply chain realignments into an uncertain future.

The panel includes:

• Dr. Karen Wilson-Starks, president and CEO of Transleadership in Colorado, Springs, the state of Colorado in the US.
• Antonio Zrilic, president of Logiko Supply Chain Consultancy in Zagreb, Croatia. 
• Lisa Anderson, president of LMA Consulting joining us from the Los Angeles metro area also in the US. 

Originally posted on Patrick Daly Interlinks Podcast on 6/19/2023

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Originally published on Interlinks, March 15, 2023.

In this episode, and the next, of Interlinks we talk to Lisa Anderson and Diane Garcia of LMA Consulting Group in Los Angeles, California who are co-authors of a new book titled SIOP: Creating Predictable Revenue and EBITDA Growth.

SIOP or Sales Inventory and Operations Planning is a management approach in which Lisa and Diane are expert and I look forward to finding out from them what it is, how it works, what its benefits are and what the pitfalls are to avoid in its implementation.

Between them Lisa and Diane have many years experience helping their clients to develop, set up and implement SIOP across multiple sectors. 

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In this episode of Interlinks, I’m joined again by my colleagues from the supply chain special interest group of the Society for the Advancement of Consulting (SAC) to discuss some of the big issues facing businesses in 2023, namely sustainability, talent, and automation.

Originally posted on Patrick Daly Interlinks Podcast on 3/3/2023

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