Aleks
Sidorecs
I explore the art of the possible - prototyping, testing, and publishing architectural blueprints that take enterprises beyond automation into intelligent, self-orchestrating operations.
Intelligent Orchestration
Issue #5: Bring your agent - rethinking prospects of supply chain jobs and hiring
What happens when candidates bring their own AI agents to interviews? Supply chain hiring is about to face its biggest structural shift in decades.
Issue #4: The Wrong Question That Supply Chain is Getting Asked About AI - ROI Conflict
The Swiss Supply Chain Conference exposed an uncomfortable truth: supply chain is being asked the wrong question about AI. The ROI framing itself is the problem.
Issue #3: The Overture. Sonar told me the cargo was in trouble. The Orchestrator does something about it.
Sonar told me the cargo was in trouble. The Orchestrator does something about it. Moving from detection to autonomous response in supply chain risk management.
Recent Lab Reports
Build Log #2 - Part 1: My challenges + learnings with multi-agent orchestration @ NovaTrade
Fourteen AI agents. Three factories. Twelve suppliers. One question that broke everything: what does "available" actually mean in multi-agent orchestration?
Build Log #2 - Part 0. The Overture. Re-Engineering Control Tower - The Orchestrator.
Sonar detected the risk. Sent the alert. Then waited. That gap between detection and action is what The Orchestrator was built to close.
Build Log #1: Supply Chain Micro-Agent for Container Visibility
Building an AI micro-agent that tracks containers in real-time, detects risk from AIS and carrier data, and sends Telegram alerts - from the Gulf of Aden to your phone.
My Insights
Boyd's Loop Was Built for Pilots. Agentic AI Needs OODAA.
Boyd designed OODA for fighter pilots making split-second decisions. Agentic AI systems need a fifth phase. Introducing OODAA - Observe, Orient, Decide, Act, Adapt.
From Visibility to Velocity: Why Supply Chain Observability Is the Missing Layer Between Data and Action
Supply chain has a visibility problem it thinks it solved. Observability - the missing layer between data and action - is what actually turns alerts into decisions.
Designing for asymmetry: re-thinking operating models for chaotic supply chains
If supply chains are fundamentally asymmetric, our operating models should be too. A framework for designing operations that embrace chaos instead of fighting it.
The Orchestration Maturity Spectrum (TOMS)™
Where does your operation sit? Most enterprises are somewhere between L1 and L3. The unlock isn't jumping levels - it's understanding what the next step looks like.
Insights, delivered.
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