Tim Debus

Six industry leaders reveal how to build data agility—and why it’s the key to competitive advantage. Most teams spend 70–90% of their time preparing data—not analyzing it. By the time data is ready for analysis, the market has moved. Opportunities vanish. Competitors act. One company nearly built a $400M facility 550 miles from the optimal location. The cost of that mistake would have been $2 billion over the plant’s lifetime. They caught it with always-on data analytics. Would you? “In uncertainty-driven environments, expanded analytical capacity translates directly to resilience. Organizations that can model more futures make more informed commitments.” Download the white paper to discover: Why data—not talent or technology—is the real bottleneck How leading organizations are building reusable data infrastructure that cuts prep time by 80% What data agility unlocks: faster refreshes that deliver savings now, coverage across every business and region, and the capacity to finally tackle cost-to-serve, risk analysis, and inventory optimization The shift from ad-hoc projects to always-on decision-making capability Featuring insights from veterans of Cargill, Nestlé, McKinsey, and more. DOWNLOAD NOW

Keep up with all the latest conversations, interviews, and episodes right here on Supply Chain Now as we look back on everything that’s happened this week! On Monday, we released 3 new episodes! On Digital Transformers on Supply Chain Now, hosts Kevin L. Jackson and Scott Luton welcome Dr. Evaristus Mainsah, with IBM, to the show to discuss IBM think #2021, post-pandemic digital transformation, using AI to make your workforce even more effective, and exactly what drives innovation. On This Week in Business History, guest host Kelly Barner, Owner of Buyers Meeting Point and Host of Dial P for Procurement remembers key innovations, inventions, and firsts that took place between June 7th and 13th, including the questionable career of Samuel Slater, the tricky first passing of the Panama Canal, and how the Post Office stopped the shipment of children through their national parcel service. On Supply Chain Now en Spanish, host Enrique Alvarez interviews Sofia Rivas Herrera learning about her journey from curious child to industrial engineer to supply chain leader and much more. On Tuesday, we released 2 new episodes! On our Logistics with Purpose series, produced in partnership with Vector Global Logistics, as Pat Plonski, Executive Director of…