Lisa Anderson, MBA, CSCP, CLTD - President of LMA Consulting Group, S&OP Expert, and Speaker

Lisa Anderson is the founder and president of LMA Consulting Group Inc., a consulting firm that specializes in manufacturing strategy and end-to-end supply chain transformation that maximizes the customer experience and enables profitable, scalable, dramatic business growth. Known for creating bold customer promises and profits, she is experienced in working with closely held, private-equity backed, and large, complex organizations in industries ranging from aerospace and defense to building and industrial products to food and beverage. If it relates to improving the performance of a manufacturer, Lisa has done it. Her expertise encompasses the full scope of end-to-end supply chain business processes from creation to customer. Her unique talent resides in taking a holistic view of the business encompassing human capital, business systems, technology, and finance to identify the priorities and plans that will have the greatest impact and accelerate bottom-line business results.

Often quoted in media outlets like the Wall Street Journal, ABC News, and Industry Week, Lisa is regularly invited to speak at conferences and events on topics like the Amazon Effect and Resiliency in Supply Chain at venues such as the Drucker Supply Chain Forum and the Manufacturers Summit. She has been named a Top 46 Supply Chain Influencer by SAP, a Top 50 ERP Influencer by Washington Frank, a Top 40 B2B Tech Influencer by Arketi, a Top Woman Influencer by Solutions Review, and a Top 100 Supply Chain Blogger by SupplyChainOpz. She recently published, I’ve Been Thinking, an inspiring collection of 101 strategies for creating bold customer promises and profits.

Prior to founding LMA Consulting Group Inc., Lisa was the Vice President of Operations of PaperPak. Her tenure included transitions and promotions through the company transformation from a $100 million family-owned business, through a merger and acquisition of three businesses into one $350 million global company, followed by a management-leveraged buyout in combination with an investment banking group.

In addition to developing the LMA Performance Advantage, Lisa’s unique, proprietary process for how LMA partners with clients to deliver bottom-line business results, she has architected leading-edge, proprietary approaches to accelerate and maximize results such as fast-tracking growth and profits with innovation, navigating rapid growth and change, and driving supply chain performance.

With a blend of management, finance, and operations, Lisa received her MBA with an emphasis in Finance from California State University Fullerton and her BSBA with an emphasis in Operations Management from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She also spent time studying at Oxford in an exchange program.