ClearMetal Blog

Gartner just recently published its Cool Vendors in AI for Supply Chain report, recognizing ClearMetal as a leading supply chain visibility provider for its AI and machine learning capabilities. Ironically, it wasn’t predictive analytics or end-to-end visibility capabilities that garnered the accolades; rather, it was the work ClearMetal is doing to solve the supply chain “data problem” that caught the analysts’ eyes.

Digital transformation has become a central theme in the supply chain and logistics industry. Again and again, digitization and data are the most discussed topics at industry events, panels and networking conversations. Amongst the optimism and excitement, we are challenged to find transformation success stories.

There is no doubt that supply chain success is synonymous with operational excellence. The more efficient, agile, and responsive a supply chain is the better it performs and the more satisfied customers are. However, the key to an agile supply chain is to be data-driven, and for this, good data is necessary. Good data provides better visibility which in turn provides better insights for better decisions.

Supply Chain Visibility is defined as a solution that gives a clear, end-to-end view of the movement of inventory and is a prevalent topic in the industry and has been for some time. Supply chain visibility solutions enable proactive decision-making and effective risk management. Specifically, it provides the data and metrics necessary to improve and control process around ordering, inventory, partner relationships, customer service, and risk.