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Introduction
Business monitoring is a necessary process, no matter what. It is crucial in supply chain management, too. Monitoring your supply chain can ensure fresh products, speedy deliveries, and sustainable production.
This article will explore supply chain monitoring, critical metrics for various supply chain use cases, and how to monitor your supply chain with MetricFire. If you want to follow along, get started for free with MetricFire!
What is Supply Chain Monitoring?
Monitoring software and applications within the supply chain ensures that products move quickly and smoothly so that consumers get the freshest products. This process is specifically for supply chains. There are different kinds of supply chains, but they all cover the movement of a product from its origin to the consumer.
Why Is It Important?
Consumers must get fresh products, especially when this is food or medicine. You risk endangering people's health when you need to know where your product comes from, where it is going, or how long it takes to get there.
One of our latest customers, This.Fish is a supply chain management company hosting an application specifically for seafood. They chose MetricFire for a similar use case. They already had a server monitoring solution but were proactive by finding a more sustainable option for their business. Does this ring true for your business? Keep reading!
Examples of Supply Chain Application Metrics
Every company's requirements may vary, but we have compiled a list of example custom Graphite metrics that may be relevant to supply chain software and applications:
orders.placed.status.200
orders.placed.method.GET
orders.placed.http_response_time
orders.received.status.200
orders.received.method.GET
orders.received.http_response_time
orders.delivery.success.count
orders.delivery.failed.count
orders.delivery.shipping_method.air.count
orders.delivery.shipping_method.ground.count
jobs.subscription_events.success.count
jobs.subscription_events.failed.count
Monitoring Supply Chains with MetricFire
To get started with MetricFire, you must send metrics to your hosted graphite account. There are several ways to send metrics. One of our supply chain management customers uses the Telegraf agent to monitor the performance of their 75+ servers. Then, they use these performance metrics to create custom dashboards and alerts, giving them excellent visibility into their infrastructure. Try the Telegraf agent out for yourself. You can watch our video on Telegraf here or check out our docs!
Which Monitoring Tool is Right For You?
Not all monitoring tools work the same because every business and use case differs. This.Fish switched from Netdata to MetricFire because their usage put them at $600 with Netdata and only $99 with MetricFire. The Telegraf agent is fully customizable, so you only collect/store performance metrics relevant to your monitoring.
Another reason many companies prefer MetricFire is our top-notch, 24/7 support. We take pride in being a monitoring partner, not just a platform. If you are interested in MetricFire, book a call here.
Conclusion
Supply chain monitoring ensures the timely and safe delivery of products to consumers. By monitoring various supply chain metrics, businesses can maintain product quality, speed up deliveries, and adopt more sustainable practices. MetricFire offers a robust solution for monitoring these metrics, providing tools and support that cater to diverse business needs.
Key Takeaways
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Supply Chain Monitoring ensures fresh products and timely deliveries.
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Monitoring metrics such as packets received, processing times, system loads, CPU usage, and memory usage is essential for comprehensive supply chain oversight.
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MetricFire offers an efficient and cost-effective monitoring solution, exemplified by companies like This.Fish, which switched to MetricFire for sustainability and cost savings.
