A lot of my conversations with manufacturers and distributors under 500 employees revolve around their data.

They know it's there, and they have access to it, but they lack an efficient, repeatable process that converts that data into actionable insights, something the business can use to have a positive impact on the P&L.

Without a robust analytics process, decisions are made reactively, based on guesses and hunches.

With a good analytics process and the skillset to run it, the data becomes actionable and decision-ready, and your decisions themselves become more proactive.

Start with your analytics process. Gauge your skills gap. Start using that data to its fullest extent, and your logistics network will thank you for it.