Supply Chain Intelligence: AI-Ready Data

20+ years of experience supporting 2,000+ companies in retail, manufacturing, and logistics.

AI and BI output is only
as good as the data that powers it.

Working with incomplete data means substandard insights and missed optimisation opportunities.

Incomplete data limits your insights.

Without access to all of your data, your BI and AI tools won’t fully understand your business.

Fragmented sources cause inferior outputs.

If you’re bringing in data from multiple systems without context, AI might miss root causes of issues.

Data lag leads to obsolete recommendations.

Providing old data to supply chain intelligence partners means getting back outdated suggestions.

Give intelligence tools full access to
all your data.

Replace outdated inputs with clean, current data. Even if you rely on legacy systems and unusual formats.

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Get reliable insights from your AI and BI tools.

Finally, send structured data to your AI and BI solutions instead of dumping disconnected data points.

MCP SERVER

Make your data AI-ready.

Give the AI tools your business teams rely on access to all of your data, including legacy systems. While maintaining full control of your data flows and proper data governance.

DATA LAKE PROVISIONING

Build a connected data layer.

Gain more accurate insights and predictions from your AI or BI tools. Get to the bottom of supply chain issues by making it easy to trace them based on all available information.

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Build close integrations with external intelligence providers.

Send current data for up-to-the-minute estimates and recommendations. No more forms or spreadsheets from the previous quarter.

ETA PROVIDERS

Get timely updates without manual input.

Keep your ETAs updated at all times by automating data exchange workflows. Set up business rules to trigger automated team alerts and notifications to partners and customers.

ESG CALCULATION

Simplify sustainability tracking and reporting.

Instead of gathering data manually every time you need to create a report, build a data connection for immediate ESG calculations. So you can generate reports whenever you need them.

BUSINESS PROCESS MINING

Optimize your performance based on current data.

Stop relying on post-mortems built on last quarter’s data to improve your business performance. Instead, react to critical events and change your business processes based on current data.

See how supply chain companies like yours use Lobster to gain supply chain intelligence

Get smarter routing, better planning, and more accurate outputs, from ESG reporting to ETA updates.

Retail.

Make better predictions and automate sustainability reporting without extra manual work.

Connect internal and partner data to automatically:

track ESG / Scope 3 emissions data
document sustainability claims info
feed ETAs into predictive models

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Manufacturing.

Protect ERP integrity, and skip manual checks and updates for data coming in through files and emails.

Set up these AI-assisted tasks so your team can just check the outputs:

process unstructured orders
validate and structure data
send it to downstream systems

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Logistics.

Power up demand analytics, compliance reporting, and smarter routing decisions.

Connect your TMS, ERP, and carrier systems to external:

process mining tools
vessel tracking services
ESG reporting tools

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A digital cold chain view,
shared with partners in real time.

"The time we save is incredible."

See what Lobster customers say about the platform.

Thanks to Lobster and the 2Door concept, we were able to create transparency and reliability throughout the entire cold chain. Real-time temperature data enables proactive action, improves product quality, and strengthens our customers’ trust.

Oliver Blum

Lufthansa Cargo AG

Head of Airmail, Courier & Perishables Handling

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With Lobster, we’ve got a software that can manage all sorts of data formats from different systems and bring them together seamlessly.

Daniel Wirtz

Tectrion GmbH

Innovations & Process Manager

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Previously, our EDI projects took 5-6 months. With Lobster, we’ve reduced timelines to just 2 months, saving 3-4 months and revolutionising our processes… It’s really optimised our workflows and enhanced operations.

Emil Helk

Damstahl

EDI & Integration Consultant

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From an organisational perspective, the time we save is incredible – data is automatically entered into multiple programs at once. Plus, the system is so user-friendly and enjoyable to work with.

Stefan Grabner

ALCAR Wheels

Corporate IT

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Lobster offers our team great convenience using off-the-shelf connectors, mapping functionality and transformation possibilities.

Tobias da Costa

Algist Bruggeman

IT Consultant

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With Lobster, there's a way.

Have a different use case in mind? Chances are, Lobster covers it.

Automate data workflows.

Set up drag-and-drop flows that maintain data quality even for complex transformations and stay stable during high-volume data exchanges.

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Enable trading partner self-service.

Let trading partners manage integrations, exchange data and interact with it independently, with minimal input from your team.

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Get supply chain visibility.

Keep track of shipments and inventory status across all partners and carriers, no matter how many data sources you need to connect.

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Integrate your systems.

Integrate any source, channel, target, format, or type of transformation across the entirety of your supply chain — from partners to carriers and customers.

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Easy to deploy. Safe to run. At any scale.

Lobster is designed for complex, high-volume data flows. Even if you're connecting 10+ apps across your supply chain, you won't have to change the way you work.

Secure and compliant.

Know your data is secure and every workflow is fully transparent and auditable.

Privacy and governance by design
GDPR compliant, EU-based
ISO-certified (ISO 27001, 27018 and 9001)

Flexible deployment options.

Choose the option that makes the most sense for your needs and ecosystem.

On-premise
Lobster Cloud or private cloud
Hybrid

Advanced data flow handling.

Speed up and de-risk integrations for high-volume data flows.

Support across multiple protocols
(AS2, SFTP, HTTP, Kafka, MQTT, and more)
Mapping test management
Asynchronous Sending Module (ASM)

Your journey with Lobster doesn’t have to
end with a single use case.

See how Lobster helps supply chain organisations build a future-ready data ecosystem that grows with you.

Integration.

Connect your core systems and apps.

Replace your fragmented environment with fully integrated data flows, including legacy systems

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Collaboration.

Exchange data with trading partners.

Bring suppliers, customers and carriers into your data ecosystem. In days, not months.

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Orchestration.

Build complex workflows your team can act on.

Add in alerts and checkpoints while keeping workflows easy to manage and audit.

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AI-readiness.

Prepare your data for AI and empower non-IT users.

Stay competitive with an AI-enabled, transparent supply chain data ecosystem.

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"Can Lobster make data from legacy systems ready for AI usage?"

Yes, Lobster can bring legacy and modern systems data into your MCP server.
Read more below, and see answers to other questions about using Lobster for supply chain intelligence.

Yes, Lobster Data Platform lets AI agents access legacy and modern systems via MCP.

Lobster connects legacy systems like ERP, WMS, TMS, and AS400, standardizes and structures their data, and keeps it updated in real time – so AI tools can reliably use it instead of working with silos or batch exports.

When you’re working in a chat-based tool, the workflow logic is difficult to review, even harder to hand off, and nearly impossible to audit at scale. In Lobster, every data transformation is easy to inspect, audit, and maintain, which is especially relevant for supply chain organizations in regulated environments.

No, MCP setup happens inside Lobster Data Platform and follows the same process, so that any Lobster user can complete the setup.
Read more about the differences between API and MCP settings in this support article.

Lobster is easy to deploy. Our low-code platform offers visual mapping and drag-and-drop workflow building functionality.

Lobster’s Pathfinder AI tool helps teams configure integrations faster, understand errors and logs in plain language, generate documentation, and access operational data through natural-language queries.

We provide comprehensive support during implementation and ongoing assistance after that.

Lobster Academy, our e-learning portal, includes basic training and focused modules. Find out more about Lobster Academy here.

In addition to e-learning, we also offer remote and in-person training.

We provide comprehensive support during implementation and ongoing assistance after that. You can also access e-trainings in our Lobster Academy, or request in-person or remote training.

Get a demo tailored to your use case.

See how Lobster Data Platform fits into your world. Get a custom walk-through built around your systems and the data challenges you’re trying solve.

No generic demos here. Next steps:

We’ll reach out within 24 hours to schedule an initial call.
On the call, we learn about your needs and goals.
We prepare a tailored demo for your use case.

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AI and BI output is only as good as the data that powers it.

Incomplete data limits your insights.

Fragmented sources cause inferior outputs.

Data lag leads to obsolete recommendations.

Give intelligence tools full access to all your data.

Get reliable insights from your AI and BI tools.

Make your data AI-ready.

Build a connected data layer.

Build close integrations with external intelligence providers.

Get timely updates without manual input.

Simplify sustainability tracking and reporting.

Optimize your performance based on current data.

See how supply chain companies like yours use Lobster to gain supply chain intelligence

Retail.

Manufacturing.

Logistics.

A digital cold chain view, shared with partners in real time.

"The time we save is incredible."

With Lobster, there's a way.

Automate data workflows.

Enable trading partner self-service.

Get supply chain visibility.

Integrate your systems.

Easy to deploy. Safe to run. At any scale.

Secure and compliant.

Flexible deployment options.

Advanced data flow handling.

Your journey with Lobster doesn’t have to end with a single use case.

Integration.

Connect your core systems and apps.

Collaboration.

Exchange data with trading partners.

Orchestration.

Build complex workflows your team can act on.

AI-readiness.

Prepare your data for AI and empower non-IT users.

"Can Lobster make data from legacy systems ready for AI usage?"

Can Lobster make legacy systems AI-ready?

How exactly is Lobster different from vibe-coding tools?

Do we need data scientists to make our data AI-ready?

How easy is it to deploy Lobster?

Do you provide training?

What support do you offer during implementation?

Get a demo tailored to your use case.

AI and BI output is only
as good as the data that powers it.

Give intelligence tools full access to
all your data.

A digital cold chain view,
shared with partners in real time.

Your journey with Lobster doesn’t have to
end with a single use case.