Insight · Mar 22, 2026

Signals: Seeing Supply Chain Disruption Before It Hits Your P&L

The biggest supply chain risks rarely start inside your warehouse. Signals connects global events to your operational decisions before the cost reaches your bottom line.

Jakub Felinski

See risks and opportunities across the operation.

Signals connects external events to your supply chain. See the commitments at risk, find available capacity, and prepare a response within your rules.

Traditional Risk Tools

Signals

"Tariff change detected in Region X."

"14 SKUs affected. $2.1M exposure. 2 alternative suppliers ready."

"Port congestion alert: Shanghai."

"7 containers delayed 8-12 days. Reroute via Ningbo saves 6 days. Auto-rebook?"

"Weather event: severe storms forecast."

"12 LTL shipments at risk. Safety stock covers 9. Expedite remaining 3?"

You still need analysts to figure out what it means.

The analysis is already done. The action is ready.

From event to action

See the impact. Prepare the response.

01Port disruption
02Delayed loads
03Linked customer orders
04Response for approval

Connect the signal to the load and commitment. Check alternative stock and transfer cost before approving a change.

The real advantage isn't reacting faster. It's seeing sooner.

Anticipatory supply chains

Stacked containers with crane against sky

The External Command Layer

Your Internal Systems Are Blind to the World Outside

For decades, supply chain visibility focused on internal execution: Where is the truck? What is the inventory level? Did the order ship? Those questions are answered.

The ones that aren't: What's forming outside your network that will hit your operations next week? Which trade lane is about to become 40% more expensive? Signals is the external command layer - detecting what's forming outside your network and directing a response before it reaches your operations.

From Reactive to Anticipatory

Supply chains have historically been reactive. Something breaks, then the organization responds. But the leaders of the next decade will operate differently.

They won't be judged on whether disruption hit - it always does. They'll be judged on how early they saw it coming and how much cost they avoided in response.

Signals is built for that world: a system that continuously scans the environment, connects global events to operational decisions, and puts every available option on the table before the window closes.

Signals: Seeing Supply Chain Disruption Before It Hits Your P&L

See risks and opportunities across the operation.

See the impact. Prepare the response.

From Reactive to Anticipatory

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