20 years at the intersection of finance, AI, and supply chain operations. Head of Client Success at Oii.ai, advising supply chain and finance leaders on probabilistic modelling, digital twins, and AI-driven decision-making.https://www.tariqkorejo.comen-USMon, 28 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT60Tariq Korejo (tariqkorejo@outlook.com)Tariq Korejo (tariqkorejo@outlook.com)https://www.tariqkorejo.com/ogImage.pnghttps://www.tariqkorejo.com/https://www.tariqkorejo.com/blog/the-sop-conversation-that-changed-everythinghttps://www.tariqkorejo.com/blog/the-sop-conversation-that-changed-everythingWhat happens when a planning team stops defending a single number and starts showing the range — including what it costs the business when the forecast is wrong.Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTs&opprobabilistic modellinginventorysupply chain financeTariq Korejohttps://www.tariqkorejo.com/blog/give-me-the-exposure-by-3pmhttps://www.tariqkorejo.com/blog/give-me-the-exposure-by-3pmThe sentence that separates prepared supply chain teams from spreadsheet teams — and what the Hormuz shock revealed about most organisations.Mon, 21 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTsupply chain aidisruptiondigital twinscenario planningTariq Korejohttps://www.tariqkorejo.com/blog/supplier-capacity-commitment-three-questionshttps://www.tariqkorejo.com/blog/supplier-capacity-commitment-three-questionsThree questions that tell you whether a supplier commitment is real before you build your plan around it.Mon, 14 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTprocurementsupplier managementsupply chain riskcapacity planningTariq Korejohttps://www.tariqkorejo.com/blog/nearshoring-is-not-a-resilience-strategyhttps://www.tariqkorejo.com/blog/nearshoring-is-not-a-resilience-strategyMost nearshoring announcements are dressed as resilience decisions. They are not. Here is the difference — and why it matters.Mon, 07 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTnearshoringresiliencesupply chain strategyrisk managementTariq Korejohttps://www.tariqkorejo.com/blog/the-cost-to-serve-blind-spothttps://www.tariqkorejo.com/blog/the-cost-to-serve-blind-spotThe customers who cost the most to serve are rarely the ones anyone suspects. They are the ones nobody has looked at.Mon, 31 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTcost to servesupply chain financecustomer profitabilitysupply chain planningTariq Korejohttps://www.tariqkorejo.com/blog/knowledge-transfer-ai-and-the-talent-cliffhttps://www.tariqkorejo.com/blog/knowledge-transfer-ai-and-the-talent-cliffThe experienced buyer's judgment took fifteen years to build. When they leave, it leaves with them — unless you treat knowledge transfer as a strategy, not a favour.Mon, 24 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTsupply chain talentaiknowledge managementsupply chain planningTariq Korejohttps://www.tariqkorejo.com/blog/supply-chains-reconcentrated-not-restructuredhttps://www.tariqkorejo.com/blog/supply-chains-reconcentrated-not-restructuredThe logic driving most supply chain restructuring today is the same logic that created the concentration risk in the first place. The destination changed. The mistake did not.Mon, 17 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTsupply chain strategytariffsresiliencescenario planningTariq Korejohttps://www.tariqkorejo.com/blog/inventory-write-offs-the-cost-of-no-ownerhttps://www.tariqkorejo.com/blog/inventory-write-offs-the-cost-of-no-ownerEvery inventory write-off was a surprise to finance. And a surprise to nobody in the supply chain. The answer is almost never a lack of information.Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTinventorysupply chain governancewrite-offssupply chain planningTariq Korejohttps://www.tariqkorejo.com/blog/the-variability-your-supply-chain-creates-itselfhttps://www.tariqkorejo.com/blog/the-variability-your-supply-chain-creates-itselfVariability almost always points outside the business. But a significant share of it was generated inside — by incentives, timing, and governance your organisation tolerates.Mon, 03 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTvariabilitysupply chain plannings&opforecastingTariq Korejohttps://www.tariqkorejo.com/blog/what-i-told-students-at-dcu-about-ai-and-careershttps://www.tariqkorejo.com/blog/what-i-told-students-at-dcu-about-ai-and-careersIf you get the chance to speak to students, take it. What surprised me at Dublin City University — and the question I didn't expect.Mon, 24 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTaicareerssupply chaineducationTariq Korejohttps://www.tariqkorejo.com/blog/contextual-judgement-what-ai-cannot-replacehttps://www.tariqkorejo.com/blog/contextual-judgement-what-ai-cannot-replaceThe supply chain planners hardest to replace are not the ones who know the most. They are the ones who know what to add when the model cannot help.Mon, 17 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTsupply chain aiplanningcontextual judgementtalentTariq Korejohttps://www.tariqkorejo.com/blog/probabilistic-modelling-a-different-conversationhttps://www.tariqkorejo.com/blog/probabilistic-modelling-a-different-conversationWhat actually changes when a planning team brings scenarios to S&OP instead of a number to defend — and why that shift matters more than forecast accuracy.Mon, 10 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTprobabilistic modellings&opsupply chain financeinventoryTariq Korejohttps://www.tariqkorejo.com/blog/data-quality-is-not-why-ai-failshttps://www.tariqkorejo.com/blog/data-quality-is-not-why-ai-fails"We can't use AI properly until we fix our data" is becoming the default excuse for not starting. Here is why that framing is wrong.Mon, 27 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTsupply chain aidata qualityai strategysupply chain planningTariq Korejohttps://www.tariqkorejo.com/blog/your-supply-chain-didnt-get-the-weekend-offhttps://www.tariqkorejo.com/blog/your-supply-chain-didnt-get-the-weekend-offRed Sea risk is real again. By 9AM Monday the questions are already stacking up — and most organisations will spend 48 hours building the spreadsheet to answer them.Mon, 20 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTsupply chain riskred seadisruptionscenario planningTariq Korejohttps://www.tariqkorejo.com/blog/loreal-demand-sensing-and-the-tiktok-signalhttps://www.tariqkorejo.com/blog/loreal-demand-sensing-and-the-tiktok-signalMost supply chains find out a product is hot when the orders stack up. L'Oréal finds out when the TikTok video goes viral. That is not a faster forecast. It is something different.Mon, 13 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTdemand sensingsupply chain aiforecastingdemand planningTariq Korejohttps://www.tariqkorejo.com/blog/when-tariffs-move-overnighthttps://www.tariqkorejo.com/blog/when-tariffs-move-overnightWhen the US raised broad tariffs to 15% over the weekend, most supply chain teams couldn't answer the CFO's first question quickly. Here is why — and what changes it.Mon, 06 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTtariffssupply chain financecost to servescenario modellingTariq Korejohttps://www.tariqkorejo.com/blog/dual-source-strategies-never-testedhttps://www.tariqkorejo.com/blog/dual-source-strategies-never-testedYour supply chain has two suppliers on paper. In reality, it runs on one. Most dual-source strategies were built to pass an audit, not absorb a real shock.Mon, 23 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTprocurementsupply chain resiliencedual sourcingrisk managementTariq Korejohttps://www.tariqkorejo.com/blog/forecast-accuracy-is-the-wrong-metrichttps://www.tariqkorejo.com/blog/forecast-accuracy-is-the-wrong-metricForecast accuracy tells you how wrong you were. It does not tell you how ready you were for being wrong. That distinction is where planning is heading.Mon, 16 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTforecastingsupply chain planningprobabilistic modellings&opTariq Korejohttps://www.tariqkorejo.com/blog/eu-unsold-goods-ban-supply-chain-deadlinehttps://www.tariqkorejo.com/blog/eu-unsold-goods-ban-supply-chain-deadlineThe EU banned the destruction of unsold clothes and shoes. Most commentary frames this as a sustainability topic. Underneath, it is a supply chain challenge that just got a deadline.Mon, 09 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTsupply chainsustainabilityeu regulationinventoryTariq Korejohttps://www.tariqkorejo.com/blog/zaras-unit-cost-lessonhttps://www.tariqkorejo.com/blog/zaras-unit-cost-lessonZara produces in small batches even though it costs more per unit. On a factory report that looks inefficient. On the shop floor and the clearance rack, it is smart.Mon, 02 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTsupply chain strategyinventoryzaracost optimisationTariq Korejo