Brilliant top to bottom, Miriam

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Second, I knew computers affected the development of SCM; that seems obvious. What I didn't realize is that logistics, and inventory management in particular, directly affected the development of *computers*. All three early database models were designed to store inventory data.

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A couple things that surprised me: first, SCM exponents often describe a well-managed supply chain as intelligent, virtually sentient, because it reacts so precisely and quickly to changes in market conditions. In fact, you might say they view a supply chain as a kind of artificial intelligence.

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I argue that while corporations bemoan the "opacity" of modern-day supply chains, they also count on their inability to track supply chains effectively. And you can find this agonized relationship to visibility right in the software. I call this selective sight "advantageous agnosis."

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I get pretty deeply in the weeds of data models and software specifications, because part of my argument is that these things affect actual labor conditions.

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