Have AI suggest alternative routes when supplies are disrupted

Dispatchers get alternatives suggested when supply chains are disrupted

Needs setupAI Act: no extra obligationsPlanning assignments & processesLogistics & transport

Fits: Leaders & strategy · Purchasing · Production, engineering & maintenance · Logistics & warehousing

If a supplier, a route or a port drops out, fully calculated alternatives are on the table faster: other suppliers, stock at other sites, other modes of transport. Dispatch decides with figures instead of going on gut feeling under time pressure.

Is this for you?

  • Disruptions such as strikes, closed routes, supplier failures or delayed ships hit you regularly, and the search for replacements then happens by phone and email.
  • Stock, open orders, approved suppliers and freight terms are available digitally in your inventory management or transport management system.
First step today

Take a disruption from the last few months, replace supplier names and prices with codes and index values and have the alternatives calculated with the template below. Compare with what you decided at the time.

How to go about it

  1. Define goals and limits for disruptions
  2. Gather demand, stock and options
  3. Have alternatives calculated
  4. Check the suggestions with purchasing and quality
  5. Implement the decision and inform those involved
  6. Review after the disruption

Templates to copy

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  • 6 steps explaining exactly what to do
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  • Safe use: data, checking, deciding, informing
  • Pitfalls, effort and how to recognise success

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LT-06 · Legal status 08.10.2026