Category: Supply Chain

Your Journey towards a “Smart Enterprise” It is not news by now that AI is a critical component in helping organizations transform the way they

Smart factories will transform the world of  Manufacturing but what will be the primary driver behind that ? Automation and developing Digital twins leveraging data

The killer of ROI on analytics investments – Siloed solutions Every prospective vendor, White paper, think tank, Analytics dody of knowledge, survey- is screaming one

Practice makes a modeler perfect When you have a business problem for which you need to create a simulation model at hand, the most critical

Why Risk Pooling is important to understand for modelers From a Supply Chain Network Design perspective, risk pooling refers to facility consolidation, which leads to

Trucking is a massive industry in US that affects virtually every American. Trucks move roughly 70 percent of the nation’s freight by weight, according to

Introduction: Bullwhip is back in limelight We have been hearing the word “Bullwhip” a lot recently, haven’t we ? When the pandemic made the demand

What to evaluate to determine Gap (Current state of Product vs Future state vision) ? Here are some criteria that can be useful for the

Recover, Review and Redesign In my opinion, Supply Chains all over the world will go through three key stages post the pandemic. Those three stages

Important note: I have done my best to translate everything into a “Business reading” format but there is some technical Machine learning and Deep Learning

Introduction The economics of predictive maintenance may not be entirely obvious. As I have mentioned in my posts and articles often, it does not always

Will Digital Transformation accelerate in Supply Chains because of Covid19? We keep reading that the pandemic has accelerated the pace of Digital Transformation. While it

While Blockchain has applications in the entire gamut of end to end Supply Chain, its impact on Inventory Management is the least discussed. I plan

What is Robotics Process Automation (RPA) ? When we talk about robotics, we are generally more fixated with robots that have hardware components as well

Introduction The plethora of business philosphies, models, methods, tools and techniques that currently exist in the world of operations has led to confusion about what

Analytics is increasingly playing a prominent role in the the world of Supply Chain, bridging the gap between the physical, information and financial flows, and

For may professionals who are just getting started into process consulting, the step of “mapping the process” is usually misunderstood to be the activity of

What exactly is Supply Chain visibility ? In the world of Supply Chain,  more the information available on what is going on in the Supply

The importance of Demand forecast Supply chain challenges have evolved exponentially, become more. Many organizations are adopting a Demand Driven supply chain model, which involves

Do you get the Déjà vu – The failed RFID Promise ? I was discussing application of Blockchain in Supply Chains with a senior executive when

Seeing beyond the hype wall One aspect of Blockchains that is discussed a lot is its ability to be used to define so called “Smart

Combining the old and the new More about the sword at the end of the article. Back to the drawing board If it has not

Note: The article assumes that readers are familiar with basic terminology of Neural Networks. 0. Introduction- Managing disruptions through technology The disruptive impact of Coronavirus

Solution Architecture This post summarizes my attempt to mimic what a “real time” Supply Chain planning algorithm may look like, structurally, in the future. Let