Connect with us

Non classé

10 Ways A Data Gateway Improves Time to Value Across Your End-to-End Supply Chain

Published

9 mois ago

on

10 Ways A Data Gateway Improves Time To Value Across Your End To End Supply Chain

Supply chain practitioners seeking the best way to speed decision intelligence, unify supply chain data, and increase operational efficiency can benefit from a supply chain data gateway. A data gateway is essentially a connective tissue across your supply chain, providing unified access to supply chain data from various sources, including enterprise systems, data feeds, data warehouses, data lakes, data marts, and business entities.

Here are 10 ways a supply chain data gateway can improve your performance across the end-to-end supply chain.

1.Enables You to Identify Inefficiencies and Make Better and Informed Decisions

A unified view of your data accelerates informed decision making and provides you with a comprehensive understanding of your supply chain. For example, with a data gateway, a supply planner gains accelerated access to customer orders, inventory levels, and transportation schedules, all in one place, to increase the user experience of making the right choice to identify inefficiencies and make better, more informed decisions.

2. Reduces Implementation Times

Enterprises and supply chain software providers strive to reduce application implementation times. A data gateway can serve as a front-end for a range of supply chain software applications, speeding and simplifying data ingestion, integration, and staging processes, significantly reducing application implementation times, lowering operational costs, and accelerating time to value.

3. Provides the Right Data for the Right Users

Making it easier to provide the right data for the right consuming users and applications at the right time and in the proper format reduces dependency on IT resources. This can be achieved through low-code and self-service access, making formerly siloed data accessible to business users and data stewards, faster and with less overhead, eliminating reliance on developers.

4. Allows for Growth

Long-term growth and relevance for your organization depends on your ability to adapt to changing business needs and data requirements. As an organization grows, and its data requirements expand, a supply chain data gateway’s performance should not suffer when demand increases. Instead, a high level of performance is expected even when dealing with a significantly large volume of users, data, and requests.

5. Automates Data Operations

Managing data operations can require a lot of human capital and operational costs. With a data gateway you can automate data operations, reducing the need for manual intervention and improving overall efficiency. This includes automated data processing, transformation, and management tasks, which help streamline data operations, reduce errors, and lower operational costs.

6. Provides Flexibility to Connect with a Wide Range of Data Sources

Flexibility is crucial for organizations that need to connect with a wide range of data sources and applications. With a data gateway you have the flexibility to support open data access and enable seamless integration with other systems and applications. It should be easy to connect to new data sources as the need arises, such as ESG or SNEW (social, news, events, weather) data.

A data gateway gives you the flexibility to support supply chain data unification and exchange with an extensible canonical supply chain data model, ensuring that data is stored and managed in a consistent and structured manner, and allowing for easy integration and growth. It also feeds downstream applications including BI, reporting, and supply chain applications, with the right data sets, in the formats the applications expect, and at the right time the data is needed.

7. Improves Supply Chain Visibility and Efficiency

Identifying bottlenecks, optimizing inventory levels, and improving overall efficiency are goals for all supply chain practitioners. Achieving these goals requires visibility into the entire supply chain. This visibility, a comprehensive view of data across the entire supply chain, is made faster and easier with a data gateway. A manufacturing company, for example, can monitor real-time data from its suppliers, production lines, and distribution centers. By analyzing this data, the company can identify areas for improvement and implement changes to improve operational efficiency.

8. Accelerates Decision-Making and Strategic Planning

The ability to access and analyze timely, accurate, and consistent data is essential for effective decision-making and strategic planning. A data gateway provides users with real-time data to make accelerated, informed decisions, based on data from the entire supply chain. This enables companies to react faster to disruptions and exceptions and know that you are making the most informed decision possible.

9. Ensures High Security and Reliability

A cloud-based approach allows an organization to focus on core business activities by reducing the need for in-house IT management. With a data gateway that is fully managed and hosted in major cloud providers, organizations can be ensured high security and reliability so you can focus on making sense of the data.

10. Facilitates Sustainability Reporting and Environmental Compliance Goals

ESG (environmental, social, and governance) reporting and compliance are growing in importance and yet many organizations are struggling to collect and connect data from some of these new sources. A data gateway provides a unified and harmonized view of supply chain data, which is essential for generating accurate and reliable ESG reports. By integrating data from various sources, including IoT devices and third-party systems, organizations can monitor and manage their environmental impact more effectively. In manufacturing, companies can track and report on carbon emissions, water usage, and waste generation, reducing their environmental footprint and improving sustainability performance.

Final Thought

Quick and easy access to live and historical data is critical for supply chain practitioners, data analysts, stewards, and engineers in any industry. Here are just a few examples of industries that can benefit from a supply chain data gateway:

Fast Moving Consumer Goods and Consumer Packaged Goods (FMCG and CPG): In FMCG and CPG, the ability to make rapid, data-driven decisions is crucial for staying competitive in a fast-paced market. Companies can optimize their supply chain operations by using a data gateway that provides a unified and harmonized view of data. For instance, a logistics manager can monitor real-time data on inventory levels, customer orders, and transportation schedules to make better informed decisions and reduce lead times and costs while improving customer satisfaction.
Healthcare: In healthcare, a data gateway can improve supply chain visibility and inventory optimization by providing a unified and harmonized connective tissue of data. This provides a data foundation to optimize medical and supply fulfillment to limit procedure cancellations along with real-time data analytics.
Third-Party Logistics (3PL): In the 3PL sector, a data gateway can significantly enhance decision making by providing a unified and harmonized view of data. By integrating data from different sources, logistics managers can make more informed decisions about when and how to fulfill orders. Additionally, the real-time data access and analytics capabilities of a data gateway can help in identifying and addressing issues as they arise, such as delays in transportation or shortages in inventory.
Application and Solution Providers: For application and solution providers, a data gateway can reduce customer implementation times and lower operational costs. By providing a low-code, self-service data gateway front-end, software providers accelerate time to revenue and improve customer satisfaction.
Wholesale Distribution: In wholesale distribution, a data gateway can help optimize inventory levels and improve supply chain visibility. By providing a unified and harmonized view of data, distributors can gain a comprehensive understanding of their operations, from supplier relationships to customer demand. This can help in identifying inefficiencies and implementing changes to improve operations and customer satisfaction.
Automotive: Automotive manufacturers face a myriad of challenges, but having access to anticipated supplier disruptions to ensure parts availability is one of the most notable challenges. With a data gateway, you gain visibility across their suppliers, enabling them to provide accurate data for actionable insights through a prescriptive control tower to drive a resilient, agile, and intelligent supply chain.
Manufacturing: A smart factory relies on IT-OT integration. With a data gateway, you can easily combine data from OT systems and real time signals from the shop floor with enterprise IT and analytics systems to enable manufacturers to improve quality, efficiency, respond faster to events, and predict and avoid problems before they occur.
Public Sector: Government agencies are engaged with supply chains from multiple perspectives. They monitor food, drug, and public safety, transportation, materials and other sectors for real-time visibility and decision support. They provide supply chain logistics for agencies as they deal with thousands of suppliers and need real-time insights to drive efficiency. And they support maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) for agencies that need to track and maintain assets and infrastructure across multiple sectors of the economy. Access to real-time, unified data makes all of these processes more efficient and compliant.

If it sounds impossible to achieve all the benefits outlined above through one solution, I assure you, it is not. A data gateway makes it faster and simpler to integrate, harmonize, and normalize disparate data and deliver it to the right consuming users and applications at the right time and in the proper format to accelerate time to value.

Learn more at InterSystems.com/DataGateway.

Mark Holmes
Head of Supply Chain Market Strategy
InterSystems

Mark Holmes is Head of Global Supply Chain Market Strategy at InterSystems, a creative data technology provider. He brings more than 25 years of experience in consulting, manufacturing operations, and software development from such organizations as Dow Chemical, GS1 (Brussels), Aspen Technology, and CGI. He specializes in working with manufacturers and retailers/CPG to solve their most difficult supply chain issues through digital transformation with a modern data fabric architecture. Breaking down data silos and leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning to drive actionable insights throughout an organization’s global supply chain, Mark has delivered value to companies like Tyson Foods, Ferrero Roche, TJX Companies, Hard Rock Café, and Albertsons.

Mark joined InterSystems in 2021 to broaden InterSystems global market in supply chain. Holmes has been a board member for the Association for Supply Chain Management and is APICS certificated in Transportation, Logistics and Distribution (CTLD) from the same organization. He earned a BS degree in business administration from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, and an MBA from Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts.

The post 10 Ways A Data Gateway Improves Time to Value Across Your End-to-End Supply Chain appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

Related Topics:
Continue Reading

Non classé

What a Return to the Red Sea Could Mean for the Container Market

Published

3 jours ago

on

26 novembre 2025

By

Home

What a Return to the Red Sea Could Mean for the Container Market

November 26, 2025

Blog

As the fragile but still-in-place Israel-Hamas ceasefire nears the two-month mark, and with the Houthis declaring an end to attacks on passing vessels, there is more and more anticipation that the long-awaited return of container traffic to the Red Sea may be coming soon.

Though Maersk maintains it has not set a date, the Suez Canal Authority stated that Maersk will resume transits in early December. ZIM’s CEO recently stated that a return in the near future is increasingly likely, and CMA CGM is reportedly preparing for a full return in December.

Operational Impact

The shift of most of the 30% of global container volumes that normally transit the Suez Canal away from the Red Sea and around the Cape of Good Hope almost exactly two years ago added seven to ten days and thousands of nautical miles to Asia – Europe journeys and to some Asia – N. America sailings as well.

The return of container traffic to the shorter Suez route will result in the sudden early arrival of these ships, which will mean significant vessel bunching and congestion at already persistently congested European hubs. This congestion will cause delays and absorb capacity which could push container rates up on the affected lanes, and possibly beyond.

The shift back through the Suez Canal may initially keep some of the typically lower volume ports in Europe that have become transhipment centers during the Red Sea crisis, like Barcelona, busy while carriers may omit port calls at some of the congested major hubs. But after the unwind, these ports, as well as African ports that have been used as refuelling stops during the last two years, will see port calls decline.

Carriers have plans for a gradual phase in of the transition back to the Red Sea, with smaller vessels starting to transit first. This approach would still cause vessel bunching, but would be aimed at minimizing the impact of the reset as much as possible.

But some carriers are skeptical that an orderly phase-in will happen, as they expect pressure from customers who will want a return to the shorter route as quickly as possible. Analysis from Sea Intelligence suggests that the more gradual the transition, the less disruptive it will be, while the faster the return the more disruptive it will be during the up to two months it will take for schedules to return to normal.

Ocean expert Lars Jensen also notes that a return during the lead up to Lunar New Year would coincide with an increase in demand, and would put more pressure on ports and rates than if the transition takes place post-LNY when demand is typically weak. With carriers signalling the shift will begin in December and pre-LNY demand probably picking up in mid-January next year, it seems likely the two will coincide.

Implications for Capacity – and Rates

Red Sea diversions were estimated to have absorbed about 9% of global container capacity by keeping ships at sea for longer and – with longer journeys meaning vessels would arrive back at origins days behind schedule – via carriers adding extra vessels to services in order to maintain planned weekly departures.

This drain on capacity caused Asia – Europe rates to more than triple and transpacific rates to more than double in the two months from the time the diversions began to just before Lunar New Year of 2024. And though rates moved up and down along with seasonal changes in demand, the capacity drain pushed East-West rates up to 2024 highs of $8,000 – $10,000/FEU and set a highly elevated floor of $3,000 – $5,000/FEU during low demand periods that year.

But even with Red Sea diversions continuing to absorb capacity in 2025, continued fleet growth through newly built vessels entering the market has meant that the container trade has already become significantly oversupplied.

As such, rates on these lanes – even before the capacity absorbed by diversions has re-entered the market – have consistently been significantly lower than in 2024 even during months when volumes have been stronger, with prices on some lanes reaching 2023 levels for a span in early October. Recent carrier struggles maintaining transpacific GRIs point to this challenge already.

Even with Red Sea diversions continuing and even during months in 2025 with stronger year on year volumes, capacity growth has meant rates in 2025 have been lower than in 2024.

Yes, the initial congestion and delays caused by the transition back to the Suez Canal will at first put upward pressure on rates for Asia-Europe containers and probably to a lesser degree on the transatlantic lanes as well. If the congestion ties up enough capacity or impacts operations at Far East origins, the rate impact could spread to the transpacific as well. As noted above, if the return coincides with the lead-up to LNY, it will have a stronger impact on rates as there will be pressure from the demand side as well.

But once the congestion unwinds and container flows and schedules stabilize the shift will ultimately release more than two million TEU of container capacity back into the market. This surge will put even more downward pressure on rates and increase the challenge of effectively managing capacity for carriers seeking to keep vessels full and rates profitable in 2026.

Judah Levine

Head of Research, Freightos Group

Judah is an experienced market research manager, using data-driven analytics to deliver market-based insights. Judah produces the Freightos Group’s FBX Weekly Freight Update and other research on what’s happening in the industry from shipper behaviors to the latest in logistics technology and digitization.

Keep reading

Weekly Freight Updates

Transpac ocean rates fizzle; Red Sea return coming soon? – November 25, 2025 Update

Weekly Freight Updates

Transpac ocean rates retreat from Nov. GRI, Asia-Europe holds – November 18, 2025 Update

Weekly Freight Updates

Ocean rates climb – for now – on GRIs despite demand slump; Red Sea return coming soon? – November 11, 2025 Update

Put the Data in Data-Backed Decision Making

Freightos Terminal helps tens of thousands of freight pros stay informed across all their ports and lanes

Book a Demo

The post What a Return to the Red Sea Could Mean for the Container Market appeared first on Freightos.

Continue Reading

Non classé

Transpac ocean rates fizzle; Red Sea return coming soon? – November 25, 2025 Update

Published

4 jours ago

on

25 novembre 2025

By

Home

Transpac ocean rates fizzle; Red Sea return coming soon? – November 25, 2025 Update

Discover Freightos Enterprise

November 25, 2025

Blog

Weekly highlights

Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index

Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) decreased 32% to $1,903/FEU.

Asia-US East Coast prices (FBX03 Weekly) decreased 8% to $3,443/FEU.

Asia-N. Europe prices (FBX11 Weekly) decreased 1% to $2,457/FEU.

Asia-Mediterranean prices (FBX13 Weekly) increased 6% to $2,998/FEU.

Air rates – Freightos Air index

China – N. America weekly prices decreased 2% to $6.50/kg.

China – N. Europe weekly prices decreased 1% to $3.97/kg.

N. Europe – N. America weekly prices increased 1% to $2.33/kg.

Analysis

Despite higher tariffs since early this year, US retail sales have proved resilient and are expected to grow through the holiday season. The solidifying tariff landscape is nonetheless facing destabilizing forces like recent China-Japan tensions, and the US Supreme Court’s pending decision on the legality of Trump’s IEEPA-based tariffs.

But the White House is signalling it is already taking steps to ensure that a SCOTUS loss will not open a low tariff window. So, if consumer spending remains strong, and the status quo of the trade war holds up, the US could enter a restocking cycle in 2026 as frontloaded inventories wind down. This restocking could mean stronger freight demand than some have anticipated for next year.

Join 60,000+ Supply Chain Experts Who Never Miss an Issue!

Start your week with the industry insights others miss.

« * » indicates required fields

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Consent*

On the freight supply side though, there is more and more discussion of container traffic’s coming return to the Red Sea as the fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire remains in effect. And while most carriers are not offering a timeline, ZIM’s CEO recently stated that a return in the near future is increasingly likely.

The shift of most of the 30% of global container volumes that normally transit the Suez Canal away from the Red Sea and around the Cape of Good Hope almost exactly two years ago added seven to ten days and thousands of miles to Asia – Europe journeys and to some Asia – N. America sailings as well.

The return of container traffic to the shorter Suez route will result in the sudden early arrival of these ships, which will mean significant vessel bunching and congestion at already persistently congested European hubs. This congestion will cause delays and absorb capacity which could push container rates up on the affected lanes, and possibly beyond.

Carriers have plans for a gradual phase in of the transition back to the Red Sea, with smaller vessels starting to transit first. This approach would still cause vessel bunching, but would be aimed at minimizing the impact of the reset as much as possible.

But some carriers are skeptical that an orderly phase-in will happen, as they expect pressure from customers who will want a return to the shorter route as quickly as possible. Analysis from Sea Intelligence suggests that the more gradual the transition, the less disruptive it will be, while the faster it is the more disruptive it will be, and the more pressure it will put on freight rates during the up to two months it will take for schedules to return to normal.

Ocean expert Lars Jensen also notes that a return during the lead up to Lunar New Year would coincide with an increase in demand, and would put more pressure on ports and rates than if the transition takes place post-LNY when demand is typically weak.

The capacity absorbed through Red Sea diversions pushed East-West rates up to highs of $8,000 – $10,000/FEU in 2024 and set a highly elevated floor of $3,000 – $5,000/FEU during low demand periods that year. But even with Red Sea diversions still in place this year, rates on these lanes have consistently been significantly lower than last year, with prices on some lanes reaching 2023 levels for a span in early October.

The transition back to the Suez Canal – be it more or less chaotic – will ultimately release more than two million TEU of container capacity back into the market. This surge will put even more downward pressure on rates and increase the challenge of effectively managing capacity for carriers seeking to keep vessels full and rates profitable.

The current overcapacity on the East-West lanes is the main reason that carriers’ November transpacific GRIs which had pushed West Coast rates up by $1,000/FEU this month to about $3,000/FEU have now fizzled.

Asia – N. America West Coast prices fell 32% last week to $1,900/FEU with daily rates this week down another $100 so far, but prices remain above the $1,400/FEU low for the year hit in early October. Last week’s vessel fire at the Port of LA does not seem to have had an impact on prices as operations have quickly recovered. Rates to the East Coast fell 8% to $3,400/FEU last week but are at $3,000/FEU so far this week, about even with levels in early October before these set of GRI introductions.

Meanwhile, October and November’s GRIs on Asia-Europe lanes have stuck, with rates to Europe and the Mediterranean both 40% higher than in early October at $2,500/FEU and $3,000/FEU respectively. These rate gains may be surviving on aggressive blanked sailings on these lanes.

Carriers are planning additional GRIs for December aiming for the $3k-$4k/FEU level as they continue to reduce capacity – with an announced labor strike in Belgium likely to help absorb some supply – but there are signs that these increases may not take.

In air cargo, peak season demand is driving rates up and should keep doing so for the next couple weeks. Freightos Air Index data show ex-China rates remaining strong at about $6.50/kg to N. America and $4.00/kg to Europe last week. Demand out of S. East Asia has grown significantly during this year’s trade war, with rates also elevated on these lanes at $5.40/kg to the US and $3.50/kg to Europe.

Discover Freightos Enterprise

Freightos Terminal: Real-time pricing dashboards to benchmark rates and track market trends.

Procure: Streamlined procurement and cost savings with digital rate management and automated workflows.

Rate, Book, & Manage: Real-time rate comparison, instant booking, and easy tracking at every shipment stage.

Book a Demo

Learn More

Judah Levine

Head of Research, Freightos Group

Judah is an experienced market research manager, using data-driven analytics to deliver market-based insights. Judah produces the Freightos Group’s FBX Weekly Freight Update and other research on what’s happening in the industry from shipper behaviors to the latest in logistics technology and digitization.

Keep reading

Weekly Freight Updates

Transpac ocean rates retreat from Nov. GRI, Asia-Europe holds – November 18, 2025 Update

Weekly Freight Updates

Ocean rates climb – for now – on GRIs despite demand slump; Red Sea return coming soon? – November 11, 2025 Update

Weekly Freight Updates

China-US agreement unlikely to spur freight surge – November 5, 2025 Update

Put the Data in Data-Backed Decision Making

Freightos Terminal helps tens of thousands of freight pros stay informed across all their ports and lanes

Book a Demo

The post Transpac ocean rates fizzle; Red Sea return coming soon? – November 25, 2025 Update appeared first on Freightos.

Continue Reading

Non classé

How AI Is Driving the Future of Industrial Operations and the Supply Chain

Published

5 jours ago

on

24 novembre 2025

By

How Ai Is Driving The Future Of Industrial Operations And The Supply Chain

ARC Industry Leadership Forum • Orlando, Florida
February 9–12, 2026 • Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld

Artificial intelligence is reshaping how industrial organizations run their operations and supply chains. The shift is real. The early experiments are gone. Today, companies are redesigning their planning, logistics, reliability, sourcing, and production workflows around systems that can think, react, and coordinate.

At ARC Advisory Group, we’re seeing this change accelerate every quarter. AI is moving from a standalone project to the connective tissue between operational systems. It’s improving how energy is consumed, how materials flow, how assets behave, and how teams respond to uncertainty.

This February, leaders from across the world will gather in Orlando to break down where AI is creating value and what comes next.

Event Details
Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
6677 Sea Harbor Drive, Orlando, FL 32821
February 9–12, 2026
Event link: https://www.arcweb.com/events/arc-industry-leadership-forum-orlando

More than 200 colleagues are already registered, including Conrad Hanf and a broad mix of executives, operations leaders, and technologists.

Why AI Matters Right Now

AI gives industrial organizations three capabilities they’ve never had before.

Real-time awareness.
Factories, yards, pipelines, fleets, and distribution nodes are producing enormous amounts of data. AI helps cut through that noise. It identifies what matters, when it matters, and why. The result is faster decisions and fewer surprises.

Coordination across functions.
Production affects logistics. Maintenance affects throughput. Sourcing affects lead time. AI lets these domains share context and act together instead of waiting for a meeting or a spreadsheet adjustment. Decisions that once took a day now happen instantly.

Pattern recognition at scale.
AI sees the earliest signals of asset degradation, demand shifts, port delays, or supply risk. It doesn’t wait for a problem to become a crisis. It alerts teams early and recommends actions with enough lead time to matter.

What Leaders Are Focusing On

Across our research and briefings, the same themes keep rising to the surface.

AI-driven maintenance and reliability.
Predictive models are becoming the default. They diagnose root causes, calculate the impact of failure, and help schedule work when it makes operational sense.

Modern planning and scheduling.
Forecasts now incorporate external signals, real-time plant conditions, and multi-site interactions. Planners are starting to work with continuously updated recommendations instead of static plans.

Autonomous supply chain operations.
AI agents are beginning to negotiate with carriers, re-route shipments, rebalance inventory, and adjust sourcing strategies. This isn’t sci-fi. It’s quietly happening in live networks.

Graph intelligence.
Industrial networks are connected by thousands of relationships. Knowledge-graph models help organizations understand those connections and trace how one event cascades across an entire operation.

Data discipline.
AI’s performance depends on clean, harmonized data across ERP, MES, historians, WMS, TMS, and supplier systems. Many companies are now tackling this foundational work head-on.

Human and AI collaboration.
The most successful organizations aren’t automating people out. They’re giving operators, planners, and engineers AI tools that amplify experience and judgment.

Why Attend the ARC Industry Leadership Forum

The Forum is where these shifts come together. Attendees will see:

• Real-world case studies from global manufacturers, logistics leaders, and utilities
• Demonstrations of AI-enabled control towers and reliability platforms
• Deep-dive sessions on agent-based systems, context management, RAG assistants, and graph reasoning
• Roundtable conversations with peers facing the same operational pressures
• Practical discussions on governance, cybersecurity, workforce roles, and measurable ROI

This event is built for leaders who want clarity, validation, and a realistic roadmap for scaling AI across the industrial value chain.

A Turning Point for Industrial Operations

AI is changing the fundamentals of how materials move, how assets perform, how demand is met, and how decisions get made. The organizations that learn to use this intelligence well will operate with more resilience, more predictability, and less friction.

The ARC Industry Leadership Forum is the best place to understand what this looks like in practice and how to prepare your organization for it.

Join Us in Orlando

If your role touches operations, supply chain, engineering, logistics, maintenance, or industrial strategy, this gathering will be well worth your time.

Reserve your seat:
https://www.arcweb.com/events/arc-industry-leadership-forum-orlando

We hope to see you there.

The post How AI Is Driving the Future of Industrial Operations and the Supply Chain appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

Continue Reading

Trending