Topics
Eleven topics. Each tile opens the guide, the case studies with code, and the quiz to practise.
Every article of this blog belongs to one of the eleven topics below. Each topic starts with a guide that covers the fundamentals, continues with the case studies and their Python code, and ends with a quiz in the Supply Science app to check what you learned. Pick the topic closest to your job, or to the problem you are trying to solve this week.
The eleven topics
Agents, n8n workflows and LLMs deployed in real operations, with the code.
Inbound, picking, packing and shipping: the processes, their KPIs and how to improve them.
Network design, supply planning and production, solved with linear programming and simulation.
Revenue, cash flow and procurement decisions backed by data, from strategy to the model.
Forecasting, safety stocks and review policies, from the theory to the Python model.
Routing, loading and network analysis to cut lead times and freight costs.
Control towers, dashboards and data quality: measure the network before you fix it.
Automate Excel reports, slides, emails and repetitive tasks with Python.
Measure and reduce the environmental impact of a supply chain: CO2, circular economy, ESG.
Statistical tests for process improvement, with Python instead of Minitab.
What a supply chain analyst does, how to build a portfolio and land the job.
Most read this quarter
If you do not know where to start, these are the six articles readers opened most in the last three months. They give a fair picture of what this blog is about: an operational problem, a model built in Python, and the code to reproduce it.
Leveraging LLMs with LangChain for Supply Chain Analytics — A Control Tower Powered by GPTAI & Workflow Automation
The AI Was the Easy Part: What is a Forward Deployed Engineer for Supply Chain?AI & Workflow Automation
Robust Supply Chain Networks with Monte Carlo SimulationSupply Chain Optimization
Supply Chain Optimisation with PythonSupply Chain Optimization
Improve Warehouse Productivity using Order Batching with PythonWarehousing Operations
Find your Dream Job in Supply Chain Analytics - Create your Portfolio!Career TipsNew guides
In September 2026 I published ten guides on the fundamentals of each topic. They are written to be read before the case studies, when you meet a subject for the first time, and each one links to the articles and videos that go deeper.
Warehouse Operations Explained: Inbound, Storage, Picking, Packing and ShippingThe five warehouse processes from inbound dock to outbound dock, the KPI and the lever for each, with a…
Supply Chain Planning Explained: Demand, Supply, S&OP and Where the Plan BreaksThe four planning functions between a forecast and a factory order, the two variabilities the plan must…
AI in Logistics: Where It Works Today, and the Three Places It Does NotFour AI automations running in real logistics operations, what each replaced, the three reasons most…
What Does a Supply Chain Analyst Do? Skills, Tools and the Portfolio That Gets You HiredWhat a supply chain analyst does in a normal week, the four kinds of question the job answers, the tools…
Warehouse Layout Design: How to Size a Warehouse Before You Sign the LeaseHow to design a warehouse layout and count its pallet locations before signing the lease: measure what the…
What is a Warehouse Management System? WMS Explained for Operations TeamsWhat a warehouse management system does between the docks, the five functions it owns, where it sits…
Linear Programming in Supply Chain Management: Five Problems and the Code to Solve ThemThe three-part recipe every supply chain optimisation reduces to, and five problems solved with it in…
Automate Excel Reports with Python: The Four Patterns That Cover Most of the WorkFour patterns to automate the Excel reports an operations team rebuilds every week, from a double-click…
Supply Chain Strategy: How to Turn One Sentence From the Owner Into a ModelA method for supply chain strategy that starts from what the owner says, finds the parameters inside it,…
ChatGPT and LLMs for Supply Chain Management: 7 Use Cases That Work in ProductionSeven LLM use cases I have deployed in logistics operations since 2023, what each delivers, and the three…Learn with the Supply Science app
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Start with the Fundamentals quiz: 20 questions, and you know where you stand.