Optimizing Data Chains
Article from MHI Solutions Magazine
The frantic scramble for toilet paper and hand sanitizer during the COVID‑19 pandemic just a few years ago was likely the first time many consumers paid attention to supply chains. The world saw firsthand that supply chains aren’t just logistics puzzles; they are essential systems working to ensure commerce and even humanity’s survival.
“The average person had no idea what supply chain management was until COVID‑19 hit, which was really unfortunate on so many levels,” Dr. Nada Sanders, distinguished professor of supply chain management at Northeastern University, said. “Supply chains are what make everything go around today, from biopharma and pharmaceutical drugs to semiconductors, bottle caps and ordinary things that everyone uses and we take for granted.”
Today, amid the tariff rollercoaster and geopolitical turmoil, the most resilient supply chains are fortified not only by physical networks but also by invisible, intricate data chains—the accurate, real‑time digital threads that determine what, when and how product moves…
