Research

Research on how supply chains can trust agents with real work.

Our research covers portable context, model routing and agent safety for supply chains. No paper is published yet. This page sets out the themes, the papers in preparation and the standards we will hold them to.

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In preparation
Published
No papers yet
Themes
Portable context, model routing and agent safety
In development
The Supply Chain AI Index, a benchmark for AI models

Research themes

Three research themes, each built into a product.

Each theme is a question our customers ask before they let software act on their operations. The same questions shape the platform, and each theme links to the product that answers it.

Papers in preparation

The papers we are writing, by working title.

These papers are in preparation. None can be read or downloaded yet, and this page will say so until the day that changes.

Working titles

Each title may change before publication. A paper receives a date and named authors only on the day it is published.

  • The AI-native supply chain

    Coming soon

    How AI-native architectures change planning stacks built on fixed rules, and what has to change underneath them first.

  • From automation to agency

    Coming soon

    A practical framework for putting agents inside planning, procurement and logistics workflows while keeping governance, auditability and human control intact.

  • Trust, risk and governance in agentic operations

    Coming soon

    What a reliability and governance model looks like when software is allowed to act on mission-critical supply chain work.

    Related: SymTrust

  • Operations graphs and the autonomous supply chain

    Coming soon

    Why a graph of orders, shipments, documents and suppliers is the base that autonomy needs.

    Related: SymContext

Editorial standards

We publish what we can evidence.

Few people publish what works with AI in supply chains, at what scale and under whose governance. We would rather publish one number we can defend than ten that only sound impressive.

We intend to make every paper free to read and free to cite.

  1. Every published figure carries its method, its sample and its collection window.

  2. Results from our own deployments are labelled as ours and are never presented as industry data.

  3. Illustrative examples are marked illustrative.

  4. A customer is named only with written permission.

  5. Corrections are dated and stay visible.

Until then

Hear from us when the first paper is published.

We do not run a mailing list. A short note through the contact page is enough. If you would like to contribute tasks, the Supply Chain AI Index welcomes them.

Tell us which theme matters to you

Name the theme and your role. We will write to you when a paper on it is published.

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