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Supply chain capacity is normally discussed in physical terms. Companies count trucks, trailers, dock doors, warehouse square feet, production lines, labor hours, robots, and units of inventory. Those measures are essential, but they overlook another constraint that can prevent an organization from using the... The post Decision Velocity Is a Form of Supply Chain Capacity appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

Most supply chain organizations do not optimize every decision, and historically that has been rational. Human attention is expensive, operational data is fragmented, and the value of investigating a small exception often does not justify the effort required to resolve it. The result is a long tail of decisions... The post The Long Tail of Supply Chain Decisions Is About to Become Economically Accessible appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

Amazon says Prime Air will expand to nearly 500 U.S. cities and towns by the end of 2026. That is the headline, but it is not the most important part of the story. The more important development is that drone delivery is starting to move out of the technology-demo category and into something much more The post Amazon’s Drone Expansion Is Really a Last-Mile Orchestration Story appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

Supply chain executives spend enormous amounts of time thinking about lead time. Supplier lead time, manufacturing lead time, warehouse cycle time, transportation transit time, and order-to-delivery time all matter because time has an economic value. Longer physical lead times generally require more inventory,... The post The Economics of Decision Latency appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

Private credit is not normally a supply chain topic. Supply chain executives spend their time thinking about inventory, transportation, suppliers, warehouses, labor, service levels, and increasingly AI. They do not spend much time thinking about business development companies, non-accrual loans, or private lending markets. They may need to start paying more attention. A recent Financial The post What Rising Private Credit Stress Means for Supply Chains appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.