My Ph.D. from Wharton is in operations research, which I received a long time ago. My graduate studies included learning about constraint-based optimization algorithms (such as linear programming) and ...

In supply planning, optimization is critical. Optimization, another solution used by supply chain software vendors for over two decades, is now considered a form of AI. Optimization works, it delivers ...

The word “cognitive” comes from the Greek word for “knowledge” (gnosis). Significantly, it has a “co” in the front, implying the notion of collaboration. In our current age of information, knowledge ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the impact of AI and Machine Learning on the supply chain. Supply chains are under siege by an undeniable force: change.

Logistical chaos is not a new phenomenon in the supply-chain world, but the scale of upheaval caused by COVID-19 is something that stakeholders have never seen before: 94% of Fortune 1000 companies ...

Today's supply chain practitioners are under constant pressure to bring value to their organizations. Two of the biggest supply chain challenges are exponential growth in complexity of the supply ...