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AI Doesn't Know What Your Planners Know

· Source: supplychainbrain.com

In short

The article argues that most supply chain AI fails not due to data infrastructure issues, but because AI systems lack the operational context that experienced planners possess. This includes undocumented knowledge about supplier behaviors, customer patterns, and internal processes that aren't captured in formal systems. Successful AI implementations require genuine operational discovery with practitioners before deployment to build trust and account for real-world decision-making.

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Tags: AI, planning, operations, context, implementation, trust

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