Optimization is great for many things but terrible at capturing uncertainty and implementing recommendations on its own. Implementing optimization recommendations still requires a big dose of, “Well, ...

This concentration is intended to prepare students for modeling and simulating various problems related to supply chain management, such as procurement, manufacturing, logistics and distribution, ...

Alex Koshulko is a leading supply chain planning expert with over 10 years of experience. Ph.D. CEO and cofounder of GMDH Streamline. I strongly believe that businesses can work more efficiently if ...

The manufacturing supply chain is, by definition, the epitome of complexity. There are changing demands for product, varying levels of lead times for supplies, the balancing of production capacity, ...

In this month's issue of Supply Chain Management Review, we look at what lessons supply chain leaders can take from Olympic skier Lindsay Vonn’s career to ensure their digital transformation is a ...

Supply chain leaders have been using technology to design and optimize their supply chains for decades. These days, they’re trying to understand the best way to integrate artificial intelligence and ...

If the last few years have taught us anything, it’s that supply chains are living, breathing entities, prone to sudden shocks and unpredictable changes. One unexpected event – a factory shutdown, a ...

A key innovation is the use of agentic AI to transition organisations away from exception-driven planning. The new Inventory Ops Agent monitors real-time conditions, flags mismatches between supply ...

This is an excerpt of the original article. It was written for the May-Jun 2024 edition of Supply Chain Management Review. The full article is available to current subscribers. In each issue I try to ...

What is supply chain management and how does it work? Supply chain management actively streamlines a company’s supply-side operations from planning to after-sales services to enhance customer ...