The Crisp Blog

As supply chains struggle through the pandemic to produce, ship and stock critical food products, companies are racing to deploy technology that can leverage big data, create visibility across partners, and better match supply with demand. To maximize on the market opportunity, Crisp announced today, as reported in TechCrunch, the close of our $12M Series A round of...

No one can see exactly what the future will bring. With the right tools, however, anyone can see the past, and for businesses that can be a great start. 

2020 has been quite the whirlwind of shattered assumptions and unexpected disruption across the global economy. From travel to restaurants and everything in-between, the world is adjusting to a laundry list of “new normals” as this year proves to be one full of challenges and transformations.

The team at Crisp is honored to announce that our company was selected as a finalist in the Food Category and received honorable mention in the Artificial Intelligence and Data Category from Fast Company’s 2020 World Changing Ideas Awards, announced on April 28, 2020.

When you’re in the business of serving other businesses by providing a way to reduce food waste, you could say that here at Crisp, we take Earth Day pretty seriously.  In fact, every day at Crisp is Earth Day.  

The demand forecast is the key driver of food supply chain operations from field to fork. Forecast accuracy impacts shareholder value, as well as the amount of food that is wastedon the complex journey to the kitchen table. While suppliers across the food supply chain are losing revenue due to inaccurate and time-consuming demand forecasting...

Initial results from more than 30 beta customers give us reason to be optimistic. These customers include food brands such as Gilbert’s Craft Sausages, SunFed Perfect Produce, and Nounós Creamery. Results include an 80% reduction in scrapped inventory, a decrease in time spent forecasting, and a 10% reduction in shorting orders after using the newly...

Best-in-class demand forecasting : What’s the result of the above elements? The ability to generate timely, dynamic statistical demand forecasts at a level of precision that builds confidence across the organization. In fact, consistently generating a high-quality, high-confidence, high-accuracy demand forecast is a critical first step in improving total company performance. Why? Because the demand...

I was raised in a small village of less than 10,000 people in Norway. My family was filled with idealists and activists for both human and environmental causes. I vividly remember my dad in his office writing thousands of letters on behalf of Amnesty International on his typewriter to impact injustice in the World. The path...

Years ago, when a company needed to align its staff on a goal or mission, each employee had to type up notes and circulate them amongst each other. Employees would carefully study their co-workers’ notes before meeting together to discuss them. Ray Dalio – the legendary founder of the world’s largest investment company, Bridgewater –...