The present invention is directed to systems and methods for collecting
data concerning a supply chain, for performing statistical analysis on
the collected data to facilitate identification of anomalies or
inefficiencies in the process, and for communicating results of such
statistical analysis to those responsible for the supply chain. A method
for performing statistical analysis on monitored aspect of a product
supply chain involves storing, in memory accessible to processor, first
data reflecting first monitored aspect of a first shipment of first item
occurring in the supply chain, and storing, in memory accessible to the
processor, second data reflecting second monitored aspect of a second
shipment of second item occurring in the supply chain. The processor is
used to automatically generate report reflecting statistical analysis of
the first and second data.