AI & Analytics for Operational Efficiency & Productivity This blog contains articles and videos on data analytics for supply chain sustainability and personal productivity tools.
How I Use AI to Convince Companies to Adopt Sustainability Discover how Claude can act as a Supply Chain Sustainability Analyst and guide companies toward greener, more efficient inventory management.
Build an AI Agent for Strategic Budget Planning with LangGraph and n8n What if a simple Email was the interface for complex budget planning, with an AI agent handling the optimisation behind the scenes?
How I Deployed an AI Agent for Sustainable Supply Chain Optimisation Use Claude with an MCP Server to help companies design cost-efficient and sustainable supply chain networks.
AI Agents for Supply Chain Optimisation with n8n From production planning to transport management and CO₂ estimation, discover three agentic workflows to help you optimise your supply chain.
Find your Dream Job in Supply Chain Analytics - Create your Portfolio! A practical guide for aspiring supply chain data scientists to create real-world projects using case studies shared here.
Supply Chain Automation with AI Agents Using n8n Imagine automating your entire supply chain analytics workflows — without writing complex code.
What are the Challenges in Circular Economy for Fashion Retail? Will your company implement a circular economy? Simulate a circular rental model to estimate store operations and logistics impacts.
Sustainable Business Strategy with Data Analytics Use data analytics to help companies design and implement strategic sustainability roadmaps to reduce their environmental footprint.
Are you Aware of the Potential of Your Data Expertise in Driving Business Profitability? A reflection of a supply chain data scientist who randomly discovered the power of data analytics to help small and large businesses.
Business Planning with Python — Revenue Optimization How can you use data analytics to help small businesses maximize their revenue while maintaining or improving profitability?
Business Planning with Python — Inventory and Cash Flow Management How can you use data analytics to help small businesses manage inventory, predict liquidity needs, and maximize profitability?
Create GPTs to Automate Supply Chain Analytics “The Supply Chain Analyst” is a Custom ChatGPT “GPT” that performs Pareto & ABC Analysis using sales data.
Leveraging LLMs with LangChain for Supply Chain Analytics — A Control Tower Powered by GPT Build an automated supply chain control tower with a LangChain SQL agent connecting an LLM with a database using Python.
How Will Data Science Accelerate the Circular Economy? Actionable data science tips to overcome the operational challenges in transitioning to a circular economy.
Data Science to Support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Linking Global Sustainability Initiatives with Companies’ Supply Chain Digital Transformations Using Data Science
What is ESG Reporting? Leveraging Data Science for Comprehensive and Effective Environmental, Social and Governance reporting of a company.
What Is Data Quality? Discover Methodologies to Ensure Accuracy, Consistency and Completeness of Supply Chain Data.
What is Business Intelligence? Discover the tools for data-driven decision-making applied to supply chain optimization.
What Greenwashing Is, and How We Can Use Analytics to Detect It Explore how data analytics can help us to detect and prevent greenwashing to promote genuine sustainability.
Leveraging Data Analytics for Sustainable Business Transformation Use analytics to overcome the challenges faced in scaling green initiatives that prevent organisations from achieving sustainability goals.
What is EDI? Electronic Data Interchange Explore how Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) facilitates modern supply chain management.
What Is RPA? Robotic Process Automation Use Python to automate business processes, process transactions, and communicate with other digital systems.
How Sustainable is Your Circular Economy? Use Data Analytics to Simulate the Impact of a Circular Model on the CO2 Emissions and Water Usage of a Fast Fashion Retailer.
Green Inventory Management for Fashion Retail - Case Study Discover how to reduce the CO2 footprint of fashion retail logistics by optimising store replenishment policies.
What is Sustainable Sourcing? How can you use data analytics to select the best suppliers considering indicators for sustainability and social indicators?
What is a Circular Economy? How can you use Data Analytics to support a Fast Fashion Retailer to implement a Circular Economy?
What is a Life Cycle Assessment? LCA Use Data Analytics to evaluate the environmental impacts of a fast-fashion retail product over its entire life cycle from production to disposal.
What is Process Mining? Process mining is the application of data analytics tools and concepts to understand, validate and improve workflows.
What Is a Supply Chain Digital Twin? Use python to create a model representing your supply chain network to optimize your operations and support strategic decisions.
Automate Video Editing with Python Automate the editing of explainer videos to create shorts with text-to-speech comments for the training of warehouse operators
Automated Supply Chain Control Tower with Python Optimize your Supply Chain Network with an automated solution to follow your shipments and evaluate the risk of late deliveries
How to Use an API Without Coding A No-Code method to connect to any API using Google Sheets for users without any experience in coding
Data Analytics for Supply Chain Sustainability Use data analytics to reduce the environmental impact of your end-to-end Supply Chain Operations with diagnostics and strategic decisions
4 Smart Visualizations for Supply Chain Descriptive Analytics Use Python to build visualizations that will provide visibility on key Supply Chain Metrics
What is Supply Chain Analytics? Use data analytics with python to improve operational efficiency by enabling data-driven diagnostics and decisions at strategic and operational levels
Automate Graphic Design using Python Use Python Pillow to automate the creation of hundred warehouse labels for the signage of picking locations
Automate PowerPoint Slides Creation with Python Boost your Productivity with an Automated Tool for the Creation of Supply Chain Operational PowerPoint Reports with Python.
Automate Flash Cards Creation for Language Learning with Python My experience using Python to automate the process of flash card creation to support my long journey of learning mandarin as a native French speaker.
Production Fixed Horizon Planning with Python Implement the Wagner-Whitin algorithm to minimize the total costs of production given a set of constraints.
Automate Operational Reports Distribution in HTML Emails using Python Automate the distribution of supply chain operational reports with visuals in HTML emails using python.
What is Supply Chain Analytics? Use data analytics to improve operational efficiency by enabling data-driven diagnostics and decisions at strategic and operational levels
Animate your Python Graphs with Pillow Animate your Python plots with the Python library Pillow to bring life to your insights.
Sustainable Logistics - Reduce Warehouse Consumables In this article, we will explore examples following several processes of warehouse management from product receiving to order shipments.
Excel Automation Tools for User-Friendly Reports with XlsxWriter Automate spreadsheet creation with Python by writing explicit Excel formulas that any user can read.
Lead Times Variability and Supply Chain Resilience Understand the sources of lead times variability and its impact on the robustness of your inventory management strategies.
Supply Chain Process Optimization Using Linear Programming Understand how linear programming can be the most powerful tool for a supply chain continuous improvement engineer.
Logistic Performance Management Using Data Analytics Implement operational indicators to monitor and improve the performance of international distribution networks
Robust Supply Chain Networks with Monte Carlo Simulation In this article, we will build a simple methodology to design a Robust Supply Chain Network using Monte Carlo simulation with Python.
Inventory Management for Retail — Periodic Review Policy Implement inventory management rules based on a periodic review policy to reduce the number of stores replenishments.
Deploy Logistics Operational Dashboards using DataPane Deploy Reporting Solutions using DataPane to Support Warehousing Logistics Operations for E-Commerce.
Transportation Network Analysis with Graph Theory Use graph theory to optimize the road transportation network of a retail company
Automate Budget Planning Using Linear Programming Select the projects that maximize the return on investment, follow the management guidelines while respecting budget constraints
Supply Chain Sustainability Reporting with Python 4 steps to build an ESG reporting focusing on CO2 emissions of your Distribution Network
Lean Six Sigma with Python — Chi-Squared Test Perform a Chi-Squared Test to explain a shortage of drivers impacting your transportation network
Machine Learning for Retail Sales Forecasting — Feature Engineering Understand the impacts of additional features (stock-out, store closing date or cannibalisation) on an ML model for sales forecasting.
Inventory Management for Retail — Stochastic Demand Simulate the impact of safety stock level on inventory management performance metrics assuming a normal distribution of your demand
Inventory Management for Retail — Deterministic Demand Build a simple model to simulate the impact of several replenishment rules (Basic, EOQ) on the inventory costs and ordering costs
Statistical Sampling for Process Improvement using Python Use sample data to estimate the average lead time to process customer orders in the customer service of an elevator parts supplier.
Supply Chain Process Design using the Queueing Theory Apply several principles of the Queueing Theory with Python to design a parcel packing process for an e-commerce fulfilment centre
Product Segmentation for Retail with Python A statistical methodology to segment your products based on turnover and demand variability
Procurement Process Optimization with Python Use non-linear programming to find the optimal ordering policy that minimizes capital, transportation and storage costs
Lean Six Sigma with Python — Logistic Regression Replace Minitab with Python to perform a Logistic Regression to estimate the minimum bonus needed to reach 75% of a productivity target
Central Limit Theorem for Process Improvement with Python Estimate the workload for returns management assuming a normal distribution of the number of items per carton received from your stores.
Supply Planning using Linear Programming with Python Where do you need to allocate your stock to meet customers demand and reduce your transportation costs?
Lean Six Sigma with Python — Kruskal Wallis Test How to replace Minitab with Python to perform Kruskal Wallis Test evaluating the impact of training on warehouse operators’ productivity
Deep Reinforcement Learning for AGV Routing Increase Warehouse Productivity by using Reinforcement Learning for Automated Guided Vehicles Routing
Raw Materials Optimization for Food Manufacturing with Python Use linear programming to create an optimal recipe for a cheap meal bar that meets specific nutritional requirements
Supply Chain Optimisation with Python Find the optimal locations of your manufacturing facilities to meet your customers’ demand and reduce production costs
Optimize E-Commerce Last-Mile Delivery with Python Organize your routes to deliver parcels with a minimum number of drivers using optimization models with python
Build Interactive Charts using Flask and D3.js Design interactive D3.js visualizations for E-Commerce Sales Analytics and Support Business Decisions
Maximize your Business Profitability with Python Use linear programming to help your local bakery to improve its business profitability by selecting the right items to sell
Automate Accounting Tasks using Python Build Solutions to Automate Repetitive Tasks for Financial Audits and Share them with Your Finance Colleagues to Improve their Productivity
Reduce Warehouse Space with the Pareto Principle using Python How the 80/20 rule implemented using python can optimize your layout, reduce space utilization and improve the picking productivity
Containers Loading Optimization with Python How can we use heuristic algorithms to find the right strategy to load a maximum number of pallets in a sea container?
Build Excel Automation Tools with Python Design of Excel Automation Tools for Sales Analytics ready to be used by your colleagues without any prior knowledge of Python
Optimize Warehouse Value Added Services with Python Use Linear Programming to Increase your Production Capacity for the Final Assembly of Luxury Products
Optimize Workforce Planning using Linear Programming with Python What is the minimum number of temporary workers you need to hire to absorb your weekly workload while ensuring employees retention?
Automate Outlook Email Back-Up with VBA Generate emails backup in HTML format that can be read without Outlook Account
Build a GPS Routing API with Python Flask Create a free Distance Matrix API using Flask with a Selenium Bot deployed on Heroku
Build a Shipment Tracking Tool using a Telegram Bot Design a Telegram Bot that will interact with truck drivers to track your shipments and provide real-time visibility of your transportation performance
Road Transportation Network Visualization Build Visualizations of your FTL Network Performance: deliveries/route, cost per ton and trucks size
Machine Learning for Store Delivery Scheduling Design Replenishment Strategies to Optimize Inventory and Reduce Number of Deliveries from your Warehouse
Machine Learning for Retail Demand Forecasting Comparative study of Demand Forecasting Methods for a Retail Store (XGBoost Model vs. Rolling Mean)
Improve Warehouse Productivity using Pathfinding Algorithm with Python Implement Pathfinding Algorithm based on Travelling Salesman Problem Designed with Google AI Operation Research Libraries
Improve Warehouse Productivity using Spatial Clustering with Python Improve Warehouse Picking Productivity by Grouping Orders in Batches using Picking Location Spatial Clusters
Improve Warehouse Productivity using Order Batching with Python Design a simulation model to estimate the impact of several Single Picker Routing Problem strategies in your Picking Productivity
SAP Automation for Retail Design RPA solutions using Visual Basic scripts built with SAP GUI Scripting Tool
SAP Automation of Product Listing for Retail Automate Product Listing in SAP with SAP GUI Scripting Tool using Visual Basic
SAP Automation of Orders Creation for Retail Automate Purchase Order Creation in SAP with SAP GUI Scripting Tool using Visual Basic
Quizz Images Supply Chain Part 1 - Supply Chain Optimisation Article 1: Supply Chain Network Optimisation Question 1: What is Supply Chain Network Optimisation? Question 2: Which assertion is wrong? Question 3: What is Procurement Optimisation? Question 4: Which method can we use for Procurement Optimisation? Question 7: Production Planning Question 3: