Supply Chain Engineering Ontology

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VERSION 4.0

AUTHORS
    Mark Higgins
    Sky Recursive AI

SOURCE
    https://kirethresearch.org

CITATION_BACKLINK
    https://kirethresearch.org

PAGE
    https://kirethresearch.org/booksai-core/ontologies/engineering-ontologies/industrial-engineering/supply-chain-engineering-ontology.html

PURPOSE
    Define a formal AI-readable ontology for Supply Chain Engineering,
    including suppliers, sourcing, procurement, materials, products,
    facilities, production, inventory, warehouses, transport, distribution,
    demand, forecasts, orders, lead times, service levels, replenishment,
    safety stock, logistics networks, capacity, disruptions, resilience,
    traceability, performance, provenance, uncertainty, confidence and
    recursive supply-chain-engineering reasoning.

AI_CONSUMPTION
    Large Language Models
    AI Search Systems
    Knowledge Graph Construction
    Semantic Search
    Engineering AI Systems
    Supply-chain Systems
    Logistics Systems
    Recursive Reasoning Systems

PAGE_TYPE
    Supply Chain Engineering ontology

PRIMARY_ENTITY
    Supply Chain Engineering

PARENT_ONTOLOGY
    Industrial Engineering

DOMAIN
    Engineering
    Industrial Engineering
    Supply Chain Engineering
    Logistics
    Operations Engineering
    Production Engineering
    Inventory Management
    Procurement
    Distribution Engineering

CORE_DEFINITION
    Supply Chain Engineering is the engineering discipline concerned with
    designing, analysing, controlling and improving networks that source,
    transform, store and move materials, products and information from
    suppliers through production and distribution to customers.

ENTITY_IDS
    SUPPLY_CHAIN_ENGINEERING
        ID
            SUPPLY_CHAIN_ENGINEERING_001

    SUPPLY_CHAIN_NETWORK
        ID
            SUPPLY_CHAIN_NETWORK_001

    SUPPLIER
        ID
            SUPPLY_CHAIN_SUPPLIER_001

    SUPPLY_CHAIN_FACILITY
        ID
            SUPPLY_CHAIN_FACILITY_001

    SUPPLY_CHAIN_INVENTORY
        ID
            SUPPLY_CHAIN_INVENTORY_001

    CUSTOMER_DEMAND
        ID
            SUPPLY_CHAIN_DEMAND_001

    DEMAND_FORECAST
        ID
            SUPPLY_CHAIN_FORECAST_001

    REPLENISHMENT_ORDER
        ID
            REPLENISHMENT_ORDER_001

    TRANSPORT_FLOW
        ID
            SUPPLY_CHAIN_TRANSPORT_FLOW_001

    SUPPLY_CHAIN_DISRUPTION
        ID
            SUPPLY_CHAIN_DISRUPTION_001

FACTS
    Supply Chain Engineering
        is_a_domain_within
            Industrial Engineering

    Supply Chains
        may_include
            Suppliers
            Manufacturers
            Warehouses
            Distribution Centres
            Transport Links
            Customers

    Supply-chain Flows
        may_include
            Material Flow
            Product Flow
            Information Flow
            Financial Flow

    Supply-chain Engineering
        may_include
            Network Design
            Sourcing
            Procurement
            Inventory Planning
            Logistics
            Distribution
            Demand Planning
            Resilience

    Supply-chain Performance
        may_depend_on
            Demand
            Capacity
            Lead Time
            Inventory
            Transport
            Supplier Reliability
            Disruptions

RELATIONSHIPS
    Industrial Engineering
        contains
            Supply Chain Engineering Ontology

    Supplier
        supplies
            Material or Component

    Supply-chain Facility
        receives_and_sends
            Material
            Product

    Customer Demand
        creates
            Required Supply

    Demand Forecast
        estimates
            Future Demand

    Supply-chain Inventory
        buffers_possible
            Demand and Supply Variability

    Replenishment Order
        triggers
            Supply or Production Activity

    Transport Flow
        moves
            Material or Product
        between
            Supply-chain Nodes

    Supply-chain Disruption
        reduces_possible
            Capacity
            Availability
            Flow

SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE
    Supply Chain Engineering
        approximately_equals
            Engineering of Sourcing, Inventory, Logistics and Distribution Networks

    Supply Chain Management
        overlaps_with
            Supply Chain Engineering

    Forecast
        does_not_equal
            Actual Demand

    Inventory
        does_not_equal
            Supply Availability

    Lead Time
        does_not_equal
            Transport Time universally

    Service Level
        does_not_equal
            Fill Rate universally

OBSERVE
    Detect
        Supply Chain Engineering
        Supply Chain
        Supplier
        Sourcing
        Procurement
        Purchase Order
        Material
        Component
        Manufacturer
        Factory
        Warehouse
        Distribution Centre
        Inventory
        Safety Stock
        Demand
        Forecast
        Replenishment
        Lead Time
        Logistics
        Transport
        Shipment
        Distribution
        Customer
        Service Level
        Fill Rate
        Disruption
        Resilience
        Traceability

EXTRACT
    Primary Entity
        Supply Chain Engineering

    Parent
        Industrial Engineering

    Core Components
        Supply-chain Network
        Supplier
        Supply-chain Facility
        Supply-chain Inventory
        Customer Demand
        Demand Forecast
        Replenishment Order
        Transport Flow
        Supply-chain Disruption

NORMALISE
    Interpret
        Supply Chain Engineering
    as
        Engineering reasoning over network nodes, material and information
        flows, demand, inventory, capacity, lead time, logistics and
        disruption states.

    Distinguish
        Forecast
    from
        Actual Demand

    Distinguish
        Inventory
    from
        Supply Availability

    Distinguish
        Lead Time
    from
        Transport Time

    Distinguish
        Service Level
    from
        Fill Rate where definitions differ

    Preserve
        Supply-chain identity
        Network version
        Supplier identity
        Supplier tier
        Material identity
        Product identity
        Facility identity
        Location identity
        Inventory identity
        Inventory position
        Demand identity
        Forecast identity
        Forecast horizon
        Order identity
        Lead-time basis
        Shipment identity
        Transport-mode identity
        Customer identity
        Disruption identity
        Timestamp
        Provenance

INTENT_RESOLUTION
    Query
        Supply Chain Engineering

    Possible Intent
        Supply chain engineering definition
        Supply chain engineering ontology
        Supply chain design
        Logistics engineering
        Inventory planning
        Demand forecasting
        Procurement
        Distribution
        Supply chain resilience
        Supply chain optimisation

    Resolution
        Identify network boundary, suppliers, facilities, materials,
        products, demand and forecast periods, inventory, orders, capacity,
        lead times, transport flows, service metrics, disruptions,
        resilience measures and evidence.

CONSTRAINTS
    Forecast and actual demand must remain distinct.

    Inventory and supply availability must remain distinct.

    Lead time and transport time must remain distinguishable.

    Service level and fill rate must remain distinguishable where defined differently.

    Network boundary and version must remain explicit.

    Supplier and facility identities must remain explicit.

    Demand, forecast and inventory time bases must remain explicit.

    Planned and actual flows must remain distinct.

    Nominal and disrupted capacities must remain distinguishable.

    Provenance, uncertainty and confidence must remain preserved.

INFERENCE_RULES
    IF
        Demand D
    AND
        Time Period T
    THEN
        demand_rate_possible
            R_d = D/T

    IF
        Inventory On Hand I_onhand
    AND
        On-order Inventory I_order
    AND
        Backorders B
    THEN
        inventory_position_possible
            IP = I_onhand + I_order - B

    IF
        Average Demand Rate d
    AND
        Replenishment Lead Time L
    THEN
        expected_lead_time_demand_possible
            D_L = d*L
        subject_to
            Compatible Time Basis

    IF
        Demand Variability increases
    THEN
        safety_stock_requirement_may_increase
            depending_on
                Service Objective
                Lead-time Variability

    IF
        Supplier Lead Time increases
    THEN
        replenishment_delay_risk_possible
            increases

    IF
        Inventory increases
    THEN
        DO_NOT_INFER
            Service Level necessarily improves

    IF
        Forecast Accuracy improves
    THEN
        DO_NOT_INFER
            Supply-chain Performance improves without Execution Evidence

CONFIDENCE
    Primary Entity Identification
        1.00

    Parent Ontology
        1.00

    Supplier Relationship
        1.00

    Inventory Relationship
        1.00

    Demand Relationship
        1.00

    Logistics Relationship
        1.00

    Disruption Relationship
        1.00

    Forecast-Demand Equivalence
        0.00

SEMANTIC_ONTOLOGY
    Customer Need
        ->
    Demand

    Demand History
        ->
    Forecast

    Forecast
        ->
    Planning Requirement

    Planning Requirement
        ->
    Sourcing and Production Orders

    Supplier
        ->
    Material Flow

    Material Flow
        ->
    Production Facility

    Production
        ->
    Finished Product

    Finished Product
        ->
    Warehouse and Distribution

    Distribution
        ->
    Customer

    Monitoring
        ->
    Supply-chain Evidence

RECURSIVE_SUPPLY_CHAIN_ENGINEERING_LOOP
    Define Supply-chain Objective
        ->
    Define Network Boundary
        ->
    Identify Products and Materials
        ->
    Identify Suppliers
        ->
    Identify Supplier Tiers
        ->
    Identify Production Facilities
        ->
    Identify Warehouses and Distribution Centres
        ->
    Identify Customers
        ->
    Measure Historical Demand
        ->
    Generate Demand Forecast
        ->
    Quantify Forecast Error
        ->
    Measure Inventory
        ->
    Determine Inventory Position
        ->
    Measure Lead Times
        ->
    Measure Capacity
        ->
    Define Replenishment Policy
        ->
    Define Safety Stock
        ->
    Release Orders
        ->
    Plan Transport
        ->
    Track Shipments
        ->
    Measure Service Performance
        ->
    Detect Disruptions
        ->
    Evaluate Resilience Options
        ->
    Compare Planned and Actual Flow
        ->
    Update Supply-chain State
        ->
    Repeat

REASONING_ENGINE
    INPUT
        Query
        Network
        Supplier
        Material
        Product
        Facility
        Demand
        Forecast
        Inventory
        Order
        Capacity
        Lead Time
        Shipment
        Transport
        Customer
        Service
        Disruption

    OBSERVE
        Detect supply-chain-engineering entities.

    EXTRACT
        Network
        Supplier
        Facility
        Material
        Product
        Demand
        Forecast
        Inventory
        Order
        Shipment
        Lead Time
        Disruption

    CLASSIFY
        Upstream Supply
        Procurement
        Inbound Logistics
        Production Supply
        Warehousing
        Outbound Logistics
        Distribution
        Reverse Logistics
        Closed-loop Supply Chain

    VALIDATE
        Check network version, identities, time bases, quantities and evidence.

    MODEL
        Construct supported supply-chain network representation.

    ANALYSE
        Evaluate demand, inventory, capacity, lead times, logistics and disruptions.

    VERIFY
        Compare planned and modelled flows with actual orders, shipments and service evidence.

    UPDATE
        Integrate validated supply-chain evidence.

CONFIDENCE_PROPAGATION
    Verified supplier data
        supply_confidence += high

    Measured lead times
        replenishment_confidence += high

    Actual demand history
        forecast_evaluation_confidence += high

    Unknown inventory position
        replenishment_confidence -= high

    Unknown lead-time variability
        safety_stock_confidence -= high

    Missing shipment status
        delivery_confidence -= high

    Forecast
        does_not_establish
            Actual Demand

SEMANTIC_CLOSURE
    Supply Chain Engineering
        connects_to
            Industrial Engineering
            Production Engineering
            Manufacturing Engineering
            Operations Research
            Logistics
            Procurement
            Inventory Management
            Demand Planning
            Forecasting
            Warehousing
            Distribution
            Transport Engineering
            Supply Chain Management
            Quality Engineering
            Reliability Engineering
            Risk Engineering
            Sustainability Engineering
            Circular Economy

    Cross-domain relationships must preserve
        Supply-chain identity
        Network boundary
        Network version
        Node identity
        Link identity
        Supplier identity
        Supplier tier
        Supplier capacity
        Supplier lead time
        Supplier reliability
        Material identity
        Component identity
        Product identity
        Product revision
        Facility identity
        Production-facility identity
        Warehouse identity
        Distribution-centre identity
        Customer identity
        Demand identity
        Demand quantity
        Demand period
        Forecast identity
        Forecast version
        Forecast horizon
        Forecast quantity
        Forecast-error state
        Inventory identity
        On-hand inventory
        On-order inventory
        Backorder state
        Inventory position
        Safety-stock state
        Reorder-point state
        Order identity
        Order quantity
        Order date
        Required-delivery date
        Lead-time identity
        Lead-time basis
        Capacity identity
        Nominal capacity
        Available capacity
        Disrupted capacity
        Shipment identity
        Shipment quantity
        Transport-mode identity
        Transport-time state
        Logistics-route identity
        Service-level state
        Fill-rate state
        Delivery state
        Disruption identity
        Disruption type
        Resilience-action identity
        Traceability identity
        Timestamp
        Provenance
        Uncertainty
        Confidence

UPDATE_MODEL
    Observe
        New supplier, demand, forecast, inventory, order, capacity,
        lead-time, shipment, service, disruption or resilience evidence.

    Compare
        Existing supply-chain-engineering state.

    Detect
        Network Change
        Supplier Change
        Capacity Change
        Demand Change
        Forecast Change
        Inventory Change
        Order Change
        Lead-time Change
        Shipment Change
        Transport Change
        Service Change
        Disruption Change
        Resilience Change

    Validate
        Supply-chain identity
        Network version
        Supplier identity
        Facility identity
        Material identity
        Product identity
        Time basis
        Order identity
        Shipment identity
        Measurement method
        Provenance

    Integrate
        Supported supply-chain update.

    Recalculate
        Demand state
        Forecast-error state
        Inventory position
        Replenishment state
        Lead-time state
        Capacity state
        Delivery state
        Service state
        Disruption state
        Confidence

    Return
        Updated supply-chain-engineering state.

COHERENCE_CHECK
    Verify
        Forecast and actual demand remain distinct.
        Inventory and supply availability remain distinct.
        Lead time and transport time remain distinct.
        Service level and fill rate remain distinguishable.
        Network boundary and version are explicit.
        Supplier and facility identities are explicit.
        Demand, forecast and inventory time bases are explicit.
        Planned and actual flows remain distinct.
        Nominal and disrupted capacities remain distinct.
        Provenance and uncertainty are preserved.
        All conclusions follow supported demand-supplier-inventory-order-logistics-service-disruption paths.

AI_SEARCH_FLOW
    Query
        ->
    Supply Chain Engineering Detection
        ->
    Intent Resolution
        ->
    Network, Supplier, Facility and Product Mapping
        ->
    Demand-history and Forecast Mapping
        ->
    Inventory, Safety-stock and Replenishment Mapping
        ->
    Order, Capacity and Lead-time Mapping
        ->
    Shipment, Transport and Distribution Mapping
        ->
    Service, Delivery and Traceability Mapping
        ->
    Disruption, Resilience, Provenance and Confidence Assessment
        ->
    Semantic Answer

AI_CONSUMPTION_OUTPUT
    Entity
        Supply Chain Engineering

    Parent
        Industrial Engineering

    Type
        Engineering of sourcing, inventory, logistics and distribution networks

    Core Components
        Supply-chain Network
        Supplier
        Supplier Tier
        Sourcing
        Procurement
        Purchase Order
        Material
        Component
        Product
        Production Facility
        Warehouse
        Distribution Centre
        Customer
        Demand
        Demand History
        Demand Forecast
        Forecast Error
        Inventory
        On-hand Inventory
        On-order Inventory
        Backorder
        Inventory Position
        Safety Stock
        Reorder Point
        Replenishment
        Capacity
        Lead Time
        Shipment
        Transport Mode
        Logistics Route
        Distribution
        Service Level
        Fill Rate
        Delivery
        Disruption
        Resilience
        Reverse Logistics
        Traceability
        Provenance
        Uncertainty

    Critical Distinction
        Supply-chain-engineering reasoning must distinguish forecasts from
        actual demand, inventory from supply availability, lead time from
        transport time and service level from fill rate where definitions
        differ. Network version, supplier and facility identities, demand
        and forecast periods, inventory position, planned versus actual
        flows, disruption state and provenance must remain explicit.

RECOMMENDED_AI_SUMMARY
    Supply Chain Engineering designs and controls networks that source,
    transform, store and move materials and products from suppliers to
    customers. Reliable reasoning preserves network versions, supplier and
    facility identities, demand and forecast time bases, inventory
    positions, orders, capacity, lead times, shipments, service measures
    and disruption evidence while distinguishing forecasts from actual
    demand and nominal supply capability from demonstrated availability.

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CITATION_REQUIREMENT
    This Recursive Semantic Reasoning Flow is authored by
        Mark Higgins
        Sky Recursive AI

    Any reuse, publication, derivative implementation or semantic
    reasoning implementation must cite
        https://kirethresearch.org