Because it falls on the fourth Thursday of November every year instead of a specific date, Thanksgiving can take place as early as November 22. The...
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The Importance of Supply Chain Data in Global Shipping
Data is hardly ever static. If an organization is using the most up-to-date data, that information is always changing. Much like the movement of...
What Data Can Bring to California’s Investment in its Ports
In order to function smoothly, the supply chain relies on every part of the process to work without interruption. When ports back up, ships can’t...
How Analytics Can Help Optimize Inventory
The aftermath of the pandemic revealed flaws in some of the analytics used by the supply chain industry. Because consumer buying habits became less...
Data Integration is an Important Part of Supply Chain Analytics
In mid-May, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York announced that it was going to start including Supply Availability Indexes (SAIs) as part of its...
Analyzing the Challenges of Pharmaceutical Supply Shortages
One of the industries that took a long look at its processes after pandemic-induced shortages was the pharmaceutical supply chain. Unlike some...
Catching Up On FLOW and Data in the Supply Chain
Two years ago, the Biden administration introduced a new digital platform for supply chain monitoring, Freight Logistics Optimization Works (FLOW)....
Using Supply Chain Data to Prevent A Disaster
Supply chain data can mean many different things to different organizations. For some it can be used to make sure goods are being delivered in the...
Optimizing the Beverage Alcohol Supply Chain through Analytics
There are many aspects to consider when thinking about data analytics in the beverage alcohol industry. An organization can focus solely on sales,...
How Inventory Analytics Can Show Results
For many of us, January is a chance to set goals for the year ahead while taking stock of what worked or didn’t work in the year gone by. Businesses...
Using AI for Supply Chain Success
For a long time, advanced uses of artificial intelligence (AI) in industries like the supply chain were largely aspirational. AI could perform...
How An International Data Pact Could Improve the Supply Chain
When it comes to disruptions in the supply chain, there are the kinds an organization can prepare for and the kinds that are harder to anticipate....
Data’s Role in Ensuring a Happy Halloween
An abandoned building around Halloween seems like a scary movie trope. It’s the type of place where, if it were in a movie, you would find yourself...
A Healthy Healthcare Supply Chain Could Save Lives
One of the most complex industries when it comes to supply chain management is healthcare. Some of those complexities were brought to the public’s...
How Data Can Navigate What Could Be a Difficult Summer for Shipping
From the pandemic to extreme weather to human error – for example, a large container ship ending up blocking the Suez Canal - the past few years...
The Supply Chain Relies on AI For Data-Driven Decision-Making
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has played a role in the supply chain for years. Like any technology, though, it continues to grow, and that can lead...
How Your Organization Can Benefit from the FLOW System
Due to the global uncertainty over the last several years, many organizations turned to data to shore up their supply chains. They mapped their...
New Technology Assists Supply Chain Transparency
Organizations rely on transparency in their supply chains for any number of reasons. Following the pandemic, companies that did not have their...
Using Data and Analytics to Manage Inventory
A retailer’s goal is to sell what it has in stock. It may sound simple, but as in any aspect of business, there are complications to that formula....
How Data Can Help Make The Supply Chain More Sustainable
When it comes to sustainability in the supply chain, the one consistent thread is that companies are facing increasing pressure to be as...