# Aleks Sidorecs

> Re-thinking operating models for the moment operations meet the algorithm. Two decades running global supply chains, now applied to how physical operations, business architecture and AI get designed together.

## What this is

The personal site of Aleks Sidorecs, supply chain, operations and technology transformation leader. The subject is the redesign of operating models for the moment operations meet the algorithm: how physical operations, business architecture and AI get designed together. It is written from two decades of running global supply chains and published as series - the first is Heuristics, one-page rules a practitioner can use. The lab where the same thinking gets built into tools is Automatiqa Lab at https://www.automatiqa.io, a separate entity founded by the same person.

## Retrieving this site

Every page is also served as clean Markdown: append `.md` to the URL, e.g. https://www.sidorecs.com/about.md. The whole site in one file is at https://www.sidorecs.com/llms-full.txt. Sitemap: https://www.sidorecs.com/sitemap.xml. Feed: https://www.sidorecs.com/rss.xml.

## Glossary

- https://www.sidorecs.com/glossary/ - the terms coined in the writing here, one sentence each, each linked to its source page; also as markdown at https://www.sidorecs.com/glossary.md. Terms: Asymmetric supply chain, Heuristics, Hybrid supply chain, Idealised Supply Chain Design, Outside Variance Ratio (OVR), Requisite variety in supply chain, Symmetric supply chain, Variety Shortfall Test.

## Archive

- https://www.sidorecs.com/archive/ - everything published here, newest first. Combined feed: https://www.sidorecs.com/rss.xml.

## Insights

- https://www.sidorecs.com/insights/ - articles, talks and interviews published elsewhere, newest first.

## About

- https://www.sidorecs.com/about/ - Re-thinking operating models for the moment operations meet the algorithm. Two decades running global supply chains, now applied to how physical operations, business architecture and AI get designed together. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alxsidr/. Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q140796815.

## Heuristics

One-page rules for operations and supply chain, from a practitioner who keeps learning and applying them.
Index: https://www.sidorecs.com/heuristics/ - feed https://www.sidorecs.com/heuristics/rss.xml - URL pattern https://www.sidorecs.com/heuristics/{slug}/

- Heuristic 02: Asymmetric supply chain physics - https://www.sidorecs.com/heuristics/02-asymmetric-supply-chain-physics/ - Symmetric vs asymmetric supply chains, and the Outside Variance Ratio that tells you which one you're in. Maxim: "Diagnose the shape before you prescribe the cure." (published 2026-09-16, updated 2026-09-21)
- Heuristic 01: Requisite variety in supply chain - https://www.sidorecs.com/heuristics/01-requisite-variety-in-supply-chain/ - Any operation can absorb only as much variation as it has responses for. The Variety Shortfall Test finds where it loses. Maxim: "Match the variety or pay for the difference." (published 2026-09-08, updated 2026-09-21)

In the drawer: 03. Assess the loop, not the company; 04. Dissolve the problem, don't optimise the supply chain.

## License

- Heuristics: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Mirrored as markdown at https://github.com/alxsidr/heuristics.
- Everything else: copyright Aleks Sidorecs. All rights reserved. Short quotations with attribution and a link are welcome; republication and derivative versions are not.

## Contact

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alxsidr/