The ongoing challenge - an accurate assessment of supply linked to demand to create an enterprise-wide end to end detailed central supply chain plan. - Ken Fordyce; Alfred Degbotse; R. John Milne; Robert Orzell; Chi-Tai Wang (WSC, 2008)

IBM Blends Heuristics and Optimization to Plan Its Semiconductor Supply Chain. - Alfred Degbotse; Brian T. Denton; Kenneth Fordyce; R. John Milne; Robert Orzell; Chi-Tai Wang (Interfaces, 2013)