Episode 10: Your SIOP Is Only as Good as Your Supplier Data (w/ Lisa Anderson, LMA Consulting Group)

Your SIOP process looks airtight on paper. The S&OP meetings are running. The demand signals are flowing. And your ERP is telling you exactly what you planned to order six weeks ago.What it's not telling you is whether your supplier confirmed it, when they actually plan to ship it, or whether that lead time you're planning against was last validated before inflation hit.In this episode of Leveraged Supply Chains, Andrew Stroup sits down with Lisa Anderson, President of LMA Consulting Group and one of the most recognized voices in mid-market manufacturing operations. Lisa has spent 30+ years helping manufacturers build SIOP processes that actually hold up under pressure. She wrote the book on it. Literally.The conversation starts where most planning conversations don't: at the supplier. Because a SIOP that's fed by stale acknowledgments, manually updated promise dates, and lead times nobody has checked in months isn't a plan. It's a best guess dressed up in a spreadsheet.What they get into:Why solid SIOP processes still break down at the supplier execution layer, and what the failure modes actually look likeThe difference between what your ERP thinks is happening and what your suppliers committed to this morningWhere AI is genuinely useful in mid-market procurement right now, and where it's still noiseReshoring and supplier diversification: practical, not theoreticalWhat Lisa tells $50M–$300M manufacturers to do in the next 90 daysWhat separates manufacturers who get supply chain right from those who stay stuckLisa also runs the Harvey Mudd Executive Roundtables for manufacturing CEOs and was appointed to the California District Export Council by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce. She knows what happens in planning rooms and on plant floors. This isn't abstract.If your team runs SIOP meetings and still gets surprised by supplier performance, this one is worth your time. Subscribe to Leveraged Supply Chains for more real-world conversations on AI, supplier performance, and operational excellence in manufacturing and distribution.