August 26, 2026
The Plan Should Never Go Stale
A theory of planning latency—and why keeping the plan current requires deterministic calculation, explicit authority, and control.
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The operating ideas behind planning power.
Research and field notes on forecasting, planning physics, governed AI, and the work required to deliver enterprise-grade planning without enterprise-platform drag.
Field notes
August 2026
From One Vaccine Fridge to Five Billion Decisions
An interactive view of how health supply planning expands from one vaccine refrigerator to national health systems—and how governance makes that scale manageable.
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August 2026
Governance Is a First-Class Requirement in Supply Chain Planning
Why trust, explainability, and automation are not enough
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June 2026
Case Study: The Cisplatin and Carboplatin Shortage
In 2023, two backbone generic chemotherapies — cisplatin and carboplatin — went scarce at the same time. The crisis exposed the difference between seeing a shortage and managing one: a governed planning loop from observation to forecast to plan to traceable, accountable action.
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June 2026
What Makes a Supply Chain High-Consequence
Not industry, spend, or complexity. A supply chain is high-consequence when a planning miss can cause real harm — and the window to act quietly closes before the shortage ever shows up.
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June 2026
The Physics of Supply Planning
Supply chains are not governed by vibes. They are governed by flow, variability, lead time, capacity, constraints, and commitments. Planning software should respect that.
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