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Supply Chain Leaders Prepare For The Long Haul. Caution: It Will Be Gray.

Supply Chain Shaman

The first major polio epidemic in the United States occurred in Vermont in the summer of 1894. The supply chain response will need to be a local-focused program using analytics to sense shifts market-by-market based on consumption data. The answer is advanced analytics. The last case of polio in the United States was 1979.

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Halloween 2021 Predictions

Enterra Insights

According to the National Retail Federation’s annual survey conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics, “Consumer spending on Halloween-related items is expected to reach an all-time high of $10.14 billion, up from $8.05 billion in 2020.”[4]

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Hospitals Suffer from a Lack of Market Transparency: New Evidence from a Research Project with SCWorx

NC State SCRC

This organization is working with a number of major hospitals across the country, including Maimonides, Mayo Clinic, Baptist Health, University of Chicago, University of Vermont, and others. SCWorx has developed a machine-based learning algorithm to address the gaping hole in data integrity.