Title
Predicting supply chain risks using machine learning: The trade-off between performance and interpretability
Abstract
Managing supply chain risks has received increased attention in recent years, aiming to shield supply chains from disruptions by predicting their occurrence and mitigating their adverse effects. At the same time, the resurgence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has led to the investigation of machine learning techniques and their applicability in supply chain risk management. However, most works focus on prediction performance and neglect the importance of interpretability so that results can be understood by supply chain practitioners, helping them make decisions that can mitigate or prevent risks from occurring. In this work, we first propose a supply chain risk prediction framework using data-driven AI techniques and relying on the synergy between AI and supply chain experts. We then explore the trade-off between prediction performance and interpretability by implementing and applying the framework on the case of predicting delivery delays in a real-world multi-tier manufacturing supply chain. Experiment results show that prioritising interpretability over performance may require a level of compromise, especially with regard to average precision scores.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1016/j.future.2019.07.059
Future Generation Computer Systems
Keywords
Field
DocType
Supply chain risk management,Risk analysis,Risk prediction,Machine learning,Interpretability
Interpretability,Risk analysis (business),Computer science,Supply chain risk management,Trade-off,Artificial intelligence,Supply chain,Manufacturing supply chain,Machine learning
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
101
0167-739X
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.35
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
George Baryannis1446.78
Samir Dani251.44
Grigoris Antoniou32401190.28