The Supply Chain Guys is written by practitioners with decades of combined experience running warehouses, planning desks and S&OP rooms, and implementing the systems behind them.
Why this site exists
Most supply chain advice online comes from two places: software vendors, whose every article ends at their product, and certification bodies, whose material is rigorous but sanitized. Neither will tell you when a metric misleads, when a tool underdelivers, or when the textbook answer falls apart on a Tuesday afternoon with three trucks late and a customer on the phone.
We sit at the seam between operations and technology. We have run the operations and we have implemented the systems, and most of the industry’s bad advice comes from writers who have only done one or the other. This site fills that gap with honest, first-hand judgment about metrics, forecasting, and the AI wave now rolling through supply chains.
How we work
- First-hand or sourced. Claims come from lived operational experience or from a named source. Benchmarks carry their fine print, because a number without its measurement rules is just an opinion.
- Nobody buys our opinion. Some links on this site are affiliate links. If you buy through them we may earn a commission at no cost to you. Those links never decide what we recommend, and several of our most-read pieces recommend buying nothing at all.
- Dated and updated. Every article shows when it was published and last revised. Supply chain moves fast, and advice that won’t date itself can’t be trusted.
Who we are
Operators, planners and supply chain systems people. The people behind this site still work in the industry. That’s why the byline is the brand and not individual names for now, since it lets us write candidly about the metrics, vendors and boardroom dynamics we still live with. As that changes, you’ll see named profiles here.
Talk to us
Disagree with a take, spotted an error, or want a topic covered? Tell us. Corrections make the site better, and the best article ideas come from practitioners arguing with us.