Decision Atlas
ANL

Analytics & AI

The statistics, optimization and AI behind every decision on the map.

6 stops, 6 ready to read

  1. Stop 1

    Statistics you will actually use

    Averages, spread, box plots, outliers and stationarity, the handful of statistics behind most supply chain analysis.

    3 levels, 10 min in full

  2. Stop 2

    Optimization basics: LP and MILP

    Objective, decision variables and constraints in plain words, with a worked linear program and when you need integers.

    3 levels, 10 min in full

  3. Stop 3

    Simulation & Monte Carlo

    Testing a decision against thousands of possible futures, and how simulation complements optimization.

    3 levels, 9 min in full

  4. Stop 4

    Machine learning in supply chain

    Where ML genuinely helps, from forecasting and ETAs to anomaly detection and documents, and the traps that make projects fail.

    3 levels, 9 min in full

  5. Stop 5

    AI agents, RAG & copilots

    What an AI agent is: a language model with tools, memory and a goal, and how chatbots, copilots and agents differ in supply chains.

    3 levels, 10 min in full

  6. Stop 6

    AI + optimization

    Why prediction and optimization are stronger together, and how agents connect them into a decision process.

    3 levels, 9 min in full

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