Smart Supply Chains Blog

So I started pursuing an online Masters program in Machine Learning earlier this year. The purpose was twofold- one was to get a more structured

The increased attention towards robotics Covid19 suddenly brought not only Supply Chain as a function in the limelight, but also the importance of Digital and

If you cut through all the clutter of Logistics, at the core of a best in class Logistics organization is the ability to minimize variation.

The OmniChannel Tsunami Customers in the Digital age have become increasingly mobile and channel-agnostic. There is a constant flux from one channel to another—from online

We are swamped with technological advances. New technologies are evolving everyday and in some instances, different technologies amalgamate with each other to form a new

What does leveraging “Data Science (DS)” in Supply Chain actually mean ? What should be considered “Data Science” as far as Supply Chain function is

Introduction- The Challenges with Physical Internet The idea of The Physical Internet was orginally proposed by Prof. Benoit Montreuil in 2011. The link to the

“An artificial adaptive thinker sees the world through applied mathematics translated into machine representations”    –  Issac Assimov As autonomous bots start penetrating warehouse operations,

Since I write about applications of Deep Learning in Manufacturing Analytics, Supply Chain executives often reach out to me  asking – “How soon can we

AI….AI…everywhere but not a single practical solution to use The tagline above, rhymes with “Water water everywhere but not a single drop to drink”….since it

Theory of (Supply Chain) Evolution – into Smart Supply Chains As you know, my theory is there may never be a fully self driving Supply

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

What role does analytics play to help your Supply Chain increase your organization’s Return on Investment ? The key to a successful analytics initiative in

Focusing on the more realistics versions When you talk about advantages of migrating Supply Chain solutions into cloud with integrators of people proposing you one,

Now is the time….. Oil and Gas is no stranger to Digital. The fact is, Digital fields have been in existence for some time in

Seeing beyond the fog If you are a manufacturer, you are probably swamped with information from plenty of channels regarding Smart manufacturing and Industry 4.0.

Note: As a standard practice, I will include a plagiarism detection link in all the articles on my blog site. You can use the online

Are Motor cars better than horses? The following advertisement for the International Commercial Truck, circa 1910, is on display in Maine’s Owls Head Transportation Museum:

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

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

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