Supply chain engineering is theengineering discipline that concerns the planning, design, and operation ofsupply chains.^[1][2] Some of its main areas includelogistics,production, andpricing.^[2][3] It involves various areas inmathematical modelling such asoperations research,machine learning, andoptimization, which are usually implemented usingsoftware.^[2][1]

Supply chain engineering draws heavily from, and overlaps with other engineering disciplines such asindustrial engineering,manufacturing engineering,systems engineering,information engineering, andsoftware engineering. Although supply chain engineering andsupply chain management have the same goals, the former is focused on amathematical model-based approach, whereas the latter is focused on a more traditionalmanagement andbusiness-based one.^[1] Supply chain engineering can be seen as includingsupply chain optimization, although this can also be undertaken using morequalitative management-based approaches which are less of a focus in supply chain engineering.

Supply chain engineering is applied to all parts of supply chains, including:^[3][1]

• Authentication andtracking, such as viaRFID technology
• Financing
• Demand forecasting
• Facility location
• Logistics for bothgoods andpeople
  • Transportation
  • Warehousing andinventory management
• Pricing
• Production andmanufacturing

Supply chain engineering uses a wide variety of mathematical techniques such as:^[2][1]

• Control theory, and particularlyoptimal control
• Optimization
• Forecasting
  • Time series analysis
• Machine learning andartificial intelligence
• Operations research
  • Flow network analysis
  • Inventory management
  • Routing

• Supply chain finance

• Supply chains
• Engineering disciplines
• Transport operations

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