For years, supply chain planning at e-commerce firms has operated as a collection of isolated projects. Each planning task from static network planning to dynamic warehouse assortment planning requires analysts to spend weeks building models from scratch, calibrating and persuading executives to act on outputs they cannot verify.
arXiv:2606. 26852v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Order fulfillment in manual picker-to-goods warehouses involves interconnected decisions such as item assignment, order batching, and picker routing.
By Janik Bischoff, Anne Meyer, Uta Mohring, Fabian Dunke, Maximilian Barlang, \"Ozge Nur Subas, Hadi Kutabi, Stefan Nickel, Kai Furmans
arXiv:2508. 02721v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: While powerful, the inherent non-determinism of large language model (LLM) agents limits their application in structured operational environments where procedural fidelity and predictable execution are strict requirements.
By Libin Qiu, Yuhang Ye, Zhirong Gao, Xide Zou, Junfu Chen, Ziming Gui, Weizhi Huang, Xiaobo Xue, Wenkai Qiu, Kun Zhao
arXiv:2607. 28488v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Can supply-chain AI move beyond isolated decision modules toward unified operational planning?
By Yunhao Liang, Xianqi Cao, Pujun Zhang, Yuan Qu, Yongzhi Qi, Ningxuan Kang, Max Z. J. Shen
arXiv:2607. 04056v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Modern supply chains span diverse operational environments, ranging from e-commerce distribution networks to customized production-to-order manufacturing lines.
By Gal Neria, Michal Tzur, Marlin W. Ulmer
arXiv:2606. 29366v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Balance-oriented multi-warehouse inventory allocation is a recurring decision problem in large-scale e-commerce supply chains, in which a fixed replenishment quantity is distributed across warehouses to balance post-allocation inventory coverage while accounting for demand forecasts and heterogeneous allocation constraints.
By Jintao Xu, Yingzheng Ma, Jiong Dong, Yongzhi Qi, Jianshen Zhang, Dongyang Geng, Anni Zhang