Bearing Analytics: Turning Supply Chain Data into Direction

In an environment of rising supply chain complexity, tighter margins, and increasing pressure to perform, data has become abundant - but direction has not. Organizations generate more reports than ever, yet decisions still stall, priorities remain unclear, and insights often fail to translate into real operational change.

Visibility alone is no longer enough.

Bearing Analytics changes that.

What Bearing Analytics is

Bearing Analytics is Origin North’s supply chain intelligence and performance diagnostics platform. It connects, structures, and analyzes data across transportation, warehousing, and operations—then supports organizations in turning insight into action.

Built for real-world complexity, Bearing goes beyond dashboards and reports. It combines advanced analytics with hands-on Supply Chain Engineering support to help organizations move from visibility to execution with confidence.

Why Bearing Analytics, and why now?

Many organizations know they have data problems—but struggle to define them clearly. Symptoms appear everywhere:

• Conflicting reports from different systems

• Limited trust in the numbers driving decisions

• Improvement initiatives that stall after analysis

• Difficulty quantifying true cost-to-serve or performance drivers

• Analytics that highlight issues but stop short of resolution

At the same time, supply chain teams are being asked to do more with less.

They face increasing network complexity, more volatile demand, and growing expectations from finance and leadership—all while operating with fragmented data and limited analytical capacity.

Bearing Analytics addresses this reality by introducing structure, clarity, and follow-through to the intelligence process.

What Bearing Analytics does

Bearing Analytics is built around three core principles:

1. Establish a trusted data foundation

Connects and cleanses data across systems to create a reliable single source of truth. Standardizes information across transportation, warehousing, and operational domains.

2. Reveal meaningful insight

Applies practical, decision-oriented analytics across areas such as:

• Transportation performance and cost

• Cost-to-serve and margin drivers

• Network and flow optimization

• Inventory and service-level dynamics

Insights are designed to surface what matters—not just what is measurable.

3. Support execution

Supply Chain Engineers work alongside client teams to validate findings, prioritize actions, and help translate insight into operational change.

The result is intelligence that does not stop at diagnosis.

The outcome

Organizations gain:

• Clearer prioritization of improvement opportunities

• Better alignment between operations, finance, and leadership

• Faster movement from analysis to action

• Measurable performance and cost improvements

Bearing Analytics turns data into direction, and direction into results.

How Bearing Analytics fits within the Origin North ecosystem

Bearing Analytics is one of three core modules that make up Origin North’s integrated supply chain platform:

• AXXIS Control Tower – execution, planning, tendering, and operational visibility

• Bearing Analytics – data intelligence, insight, and performance diagnostics

• ONGAARD – audit, compliance, and payment readiness

Together, they form a closed intelligence loop:

• AXXIS executes and captures operational data.

• Bearing transforms that data into insight and direction.

• ONGAARD validates the financial outcome and feeds accurate cost intelligence back into the system.

Each module can be deployed independently or as part of a broader Control Tower or 4PL engagement.

Built for operators, analysts, and leaders

Bearing Analytics is intentionally designed to serve multiple stakeholders:

For Supply Chain & Operations

• Clear insight into performance drivers

• Confidence in the data supporting decisions

• Support turning analysis into change

For Finance & Leadership

• Better visibility into cost-to-serve and margin dynamics

• Analytics tied to operational reality

• Decisions grounded in trusted intelligence

For Analytics & Continuous Improvement teams

• A structured foundation for ongoing analysis

• Repeatable, scalable insight generation

• Support prioritizing initiatives with real impact

Intelligence in Motion

Origin North’s guiding philosophy is Intelligence in Motion—connecting people, data, and technology so organizations can operate with clarity and confidence.

Bearing Analytics embodies this mindset:

• Data is structured and trusted

• Insight is practical and decision-oriented

• Execution is supported, not assumed

Analytics evolve from reporting into a catalyst for action.

What comes next

In the coming months, we will share more on:

• Common analytics gaps uncovered during onboarding

• Practical approaches to cost-to-serve and network analysis

• How organizations move from insight to execution at scale

• Real-world examples of performance improvement driven by data

If you are looking to move beyond visibility and turn your supply chain data into clear direction and measurable results, we would welcome the opportunity to connect.

Ready to learn more? You can reach us anytime through our Contact page or explore more insights here on Origin North.