Media and Supply Chain Transparency

Marketers today operate in the least transparent ecosystem in our industry's history, with a supply chain fraught with waste, inefficiency, and ineffectiveness.

The ANA is aggressively pursuing a wide spectrum of approaches to help marketers restore common-sense management to this unruly business system and create a supply chain that is fraud-free and 100 percent viewable. Measurement – the pursuit of transparency and privacy compliance in this area – is an integral part and builds the foundation of sound media decisioning. One of the leading examples is the ANA's Cross-Media Measurement (CMM) initiative.

The Challenge

The exponential growth of digital media has led to massive media waste and a lack of transparency. With ad blocking accelerating, privacy breaches and consumer data misuse persisting, and the majority of consumers saying ads are annoying, eliminating non-transparent buying practices and confronting digital ad fraud must be prioritized.

The ANA’s Response

The ANA is a steering committee member of Privacy for America, a coalition advocating for strong national consumer data privacy and security legislation, and has championed the Partnership for Responsible Addressable Media (PRAM), a collaborative effort to advance and protect critical functionalities while safeguarding privacy and improving the consumer experience.

Research Reports

Programmatic Transparency Benchmark: December 2024 Findings Update

2 weeks ago

The ANA announced findings from its 2024 Programmatic Transparency Benchmark Study, which provides a unified measurement framework to the programmatic advertising industry. The study finds 7.9pp improvement of ad spend efficiency, but less than half of spend reaches consumers.

Conference Session Videos

Virtual Diversity Fair: Meet Women-Owned Companies

3 weeks ago

The imperative to diversify the marketing supply chain comes with the challenge of identifying appropriate resources, including media outlets, agency partners, and other marketing solution providers. This Virtual Supplier Diversity Fair highlighted Women-Owned companies that shared overviews of their companies.

Leading Edge

Dynamic IPs and the Battle Against Ad Fraud

by Alex Porter, 1 month ago

Despite relentless efforts to combat ad fraud, bad actors continue to exploit vulnerabilities, resulting in billions of dollars in losses each year and eroding trust in the ad tech industry. Amid the many strategies for preventing ad fraud, one crucial aspect is often overlooked: the role of IP addresses.

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1-Day Conferences

February 4th	Retail Media Members-Only Conference (In-Person Only) Cincinnati, OH
March 11th	ANA’s LoyaltyCon (Virtual Only) Virtual Event (Eastern Time)

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Committees

Bringing marketers together to learn from each other and debate new approaches and solutions to industry hurdles.

A benefit of ANA membership, committee meetings feature a mix of member case studies, perspective from outside experts, and benchmarking/best-practice sharing that drive thought leadership on key industry issues. Each ANA committee meets three to four times per year and can be attended in person or remotely. Depending on the committee, 10 to 30 participants may attend — big enough for diversity of opinion, yet small enough for more intimate exchanges.