Democratizing the signal

See the signal.
Lead the chain.

The people who save the quarter during a port strike, who find supply when the market says there is none — they deserve the same intelligence as a Fortune 500 boardroom.

"Your ability to survive a disruption should depend on your skill and experience — not your company's software budget."

Price & Cost Currency & Macro Geopolitical & Trade Supply Disruption News & Sentiment
The problem we solve

Stop translating noise.
Start leading with intelligence.

Supply chain professionals spend 70% of their day figuring out what a market move means for their specific desk. Varidian eliminates that translation layer entirely.

Drop your pin into the supply chain

Varidian maps 44 global signals to 143 commodities and nearly 1,000 industries. Tell us your company and role — we place you exactly where you belong in the value chain.

Intelligence filtered to your node

When a signal moves, Varidian recognises your specific commodity node and delivers a personalised intelligence package — with a 0–90 day action plan — before your first cup of coffee.

Elite access. No paywall.

The tools once locked behind five-figure corporate budgets — now in the pocket of every practitioner, regardless of company size.

Community
A community built for the people who actually do the work

Varidian Community is a closed professional network for verified supply chain practitioners. Discuss signals with peers watching the same markets. Share ground-level intelligence no terminal can capture. Status earned through contribution quality — not job title, follower count, or company prestige.

Intelligence coverage

Five categories.
Every angle covered.

Your briefing and feed surface only what is relevant to your specific node — automatically prioritised, role-translated, and action-ready.

Price & Cost
We track
  • Commodity spot prices & futures
  • Energy & fuel price movements
  • Freight rate benchmarks & PPI
Currency & Macro
We track
  • FX rates & volatility
  • Interest rates & inflation
  • PMI & central bank signals
Geopolitical & Trade
We track
  • Tariffs & trade policy changes
  • Sanctions & export controls
  • Geopolitical risk events
Supply Disruption
We track
  • Port & shipping lane events
  • Supplier capacity constraints
  • Weather & labour disruptions
News & Sentiment
We track
  • Industry & sector news
  • Practitioner sentiment signals
  • Analyst & market commentary
Daily Briefing

Your supply chain world.
Every morning.
In five minutes.

The intelligence feed tells you what happened to your supply chain. The Daily Briefing tells you what is happening to the world's supply chain. Read both and you have the complete picture.

Under 5 minutes Designed for a morning read before your first meeting.
Six layers — every morning Daily
1
Market Pulse
Copper, Brent Crude, EUR/USD, Baltic Dry Index, US PPI — direction and change at a glance.
30 sec
2
Today's Headline Story
One story. The single most important supply chain development today — editorially selected, AI-drafted.
2 min
3
Signal Snapshot
All five intelligence categories — direction and severity for each. Tap any to go deeper.
1 min
4
Commodity Snapshot
Your tracked commodities as 30-day range bars. Red near top, green near bottom — instant context.
30 sec
5
Practitioner Lens
What today's briefing means for your SCOR role and commodity profile, specifically.
30 sec
6
Week Ahead
PMI releases, central bank decisions, major SC company earnings — the next 7 days.
30 sec
How it works

Signal to action.
Five steps.

From profile to stakeholder meeting — Varidian is the complete practitioner workflow.

1
Find your node

Tell us your company, role, and geographies. We place you precisely into the global supply chain structure.

Under 3 minutes. No manual setup.
2
Your network, mapped

We automatically derive your full commodity network across 143 commodities and activate your five intelligence domains.

Your digital twin — built for you.
3
Receive your intelligence

Your feed fires when a signal hits your node. Your daily briefing arrives every morning with a Practitioner Lens written for your role.

A 0–90 day action plan, before your first meeting.
4
Bring it to the community

Discuss what the signal means with verified peers watching the same markets. No impression management — just the craft, exchanged between the people who live it.

Status earned at the negotiating table. Not on a profile page.
5
Decide and act

Use Playbooks, Calculators, and CDIP to build your decision. Walk into the meeting with a 90-day plan backed by live signal data.

Signal to boardroom — all in one platform.
Community

The practitioner exchange.

A quiet, high-calibre space where the collective wisdom of verified practitioners is the ultimate source of truth.

"We believe in a community that rewards the invisible practitioner — where status is earned in the warehouse and at the negotiating table, not on a profile page."
Discuss signals with peers watching the same markets. When a copper spike hits your feed, find out who else is seeing that exposure.
Share ground-level intelligence no terminal can capture. You know things the market doesn't. Varidian gives you a protected space to share them.
Connect through substance, not status. No follower counts. No cold outreach. Connection happens when your observation resonates.
Verified Anonymous postingShare sensitive ground-level intelligence without revealing your identity.
Three community layers
1
React
Confirm, monitor, or disagree with market signals. One tap. The collective reaction of verified practitioners becomes the 45th signal.
2
Read & Share
Editorially validated articles and practitioner posts routed to your commodity world. Discuss anonymously if needed.
3
Connect
SCOR-mapped peer profiles. Career reputation earned through contribution quality — not job title or company prestige.
Tools & Resources

Stop being a data-translator.
Start acting.

Purpose-built tools connected to live signal data — instruments that already know what your supply chain is facing right now.

Global Trade Intelligence · New
Where is this product made.
Who buys it. Is that changing.
Which countries produce 80% of this commodity — and is that concentrating or diversifying?
Where does global supply go — and who competes with you for it?
How have trade flows shifted since 2019 — and which country is rising fastest?

Enter any product name or HS-6 code. Varidian draws the full global picture — choropleth map, bilateral flow rankings, 5-year race chart, and an AI-generated structural narrative — in seconds.

200 countries HS-6 level 2019 – 2024 Animated year timeline AI narrative
Source: CEPII BACI · UN Comtrade reconciled bilateral flowsUpdated annually
Biggest riser
Argentina
+11pp since 2019
Concentration
Top 3 = 70%
Concentrating ↑
Top corridor
Chile → China
Largest bilateral flow
AI summary
"South American dominance has deepened since 2021..."
Works alongside CDIP. CDIP tells you what a product is made of. Global Trade Intelligence tells you who makes it and who buys it. Two lenses on the same question.
Example — Lithium carbonate · HS 283691 · Exporters 2024
World map
⚠ HIGH CONCENTRATION
Chile 38%
ARG
CHN 14%
AUS 18%
High share
Low share
Tools & Calculators

60+ signal-connected calculators covering sourcing, freight, currency, risk, and planning. Key inputs pre-populated from live signal data.

Total Landed CostFX ImpactSafety StockDisruption Cost
Live signal data pre-populates key inputs
Playbooks

Describe your situation, plot your position on a visual matrix, and receive 2–3 ranked concrete moves — AI-annotated using your live commodity and signal data.

Commodity SpikeSupplier FailureTrade Disruption
Surfaces automatically when a relevant signal fires
Commodity Dependency Intelligence

CDIP traces the full upstream commodity chain for any finished product — from raw materials through every processing tier. Know your Tier-N dependencies before a disruption does.

Multi-tier mapping143 commoditiesHS code linked
Reference Library

Editorially validated articles and industry publications — surfaced by relevance to your commodity and sector profile. Curated, never aggregated.

Editorially reviewedTaxonomy-taggedSignal-connected
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"Access to intelligence is a professional right, not a corporate privilege."

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  • Category managers and sourcing leads
  • Logistics and freight managers
  • Supply chain analysts and consultants
  • Finance leaders managing commodity-driven cost exposure
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