MIT Technology Review October 26, 2021
Just-in-time shipping is dead. Long live supply chains stress-tested with AI digital twins.
With the supply-chain disruptions of the past two years showing no signs of easing anytime soon, businesses are turning to a new generation of AI-powered simulations called digital twins to help them get goods and services to customers on time. These tools not only predict disruptions down the line, but suggest what to do about it. Desperate companies struggling with the collapse of just-in-time shipping are using them to find a crucial balance between efficiency and resilience.
The list of things that have been hard to get hold of at one time or another in the last few months is as varied as it is long: new...