When you run a business, there are decisions to make every day. For organizations in the supply chain industry, it seems like those decisions never...
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Data is Key to Make Sustainability Progress in the Supply Chain
Companies across industries are always looking for ways they can make their organizations more sustainable. What many companies find is that their...
Relying on Data in the Supply Chain When AI Doesn’t Deliver
One of the challenges with using artificial intelligence (AI) in the supply chain industry is that the data isn’t always coming from within your own...
How Data Holds the Answer to Cross-Docking
If there is one thing that is certain about the supply chain, it is that it can be unpredictable. For organizations in the supply chain industry,...
How Analytics Gives an Advantage with Railroad Data
Organizations can do everything in their power to set themselves up for shipping success only to be derailed by a problem. When it comes to a train...
How Data Can Improve the Flow of Inventory
Organizations are constantly taking steps to make sure their supply chains are running as efficiently as possible. There are all kinds of possible...
Using Data to Identify Supply Chain Weak Links
If there’s been one constant in the supply chain industry over the past half-decade it is the likelihood of disruption. Dating back to the pandemic,...
Data Helps Supply Chain Leaders Make Pivotal Decisions
Many organizations have learned important lessons over the past few years about how to adjust their supply chain routines when a disruption occurs....
How Data Impacts the Automotive Supply Chain
The automotive supply chain may not orbit around Detroit the way it once did, but the city, or at least the state of Michigan, still plays a big...
How Analytics Can Help with 2026 Supply Chain Challenges
In 2025, organizations in the supply chain industry were ringing in the new year as they tried to figure out how proposed new tariffs would impact...
Making Supply Chain Decisions Using Better Data
Data is not an automatic fix. Some organizations hope simply implementing an analytics solution will solve all of their problems. In reality, it...
How Supply Chains Use Data and Control Towers for Visibility
It used to be that end-to-end supply chain visibility was a luxury. Organizations could get by with a basic understanding of how products and...
Supply Chain and the USPS’ Focus on Data
The United States Postal Service delivers 127 billion pieces of mail each year. Like any other organization, though, it faces competition from other...
Data’s Role in Supply Chain Unpredictability
Organizations in the supply chain industry know that to make their way through these turbulent times they need to rely on data. The question many of...
Data’s Role in Moving Perishable Goods
For some items, shipping is as simple as getting from point A to point B. There may be disruptions, but the product itself is not affected by any...
The Latest Fashion Trend? Analytics in the Apparel Industry
The apparel industry faces unique challenges when it comes to making data-driven decisions. Perhaps no other industry is as dependent on the whims...
Analytics Are a Key to Handling Increased Tariffs
Supply chain executives are always on alert for disruptions. While many aspects of the supply chain became more transparent to consumers as a result...
How the EU is Ensuring Supply Chain Transparency
When there is a disruption in the supply chain, organizations have some choices to make. The passive option is to take no action and wait to see how...
How Data Informs Supply Chain Strategies
Dunkin’ did not have the smoothest start to 2025. In early January, locations of the donut and coffee giant in New Mexico and Nebraska had no donuts...
Data and the Impact of Tariffs on the Supply Chain
With a new presidential administration taking office in January, businesses are preparing for one of the big changes that was talked about on the...