Founder, SupplyChainIdeas.com
Akshay Kaushal — Making Supply Chain Planning & Forecasting Transparent, Testable, and Free
Akshay Kaushal is the founder and creator of Supply Chain Ideas (supplychainideas.com) and a supply-chain planning professional and consultant at Infosys. His professional work focuses on Kinaxis RapidResponse, enterprise demand planning, statistical forecasting, and supply-network decision support.
Across enterprise supply-chain transformations described on his public profile, his hands-on engineering and consulting work spans planning workbooks and control-tower dashboards, custom calculation engines and workflow automation, demand-signal and forecast-bias investigation, end-to-end solution design, system integration testing, deployment cutover, and post-go-live production stabilization. He holds an MBA from Great Lakes Institute of Management.
1. Verified Professional & Academic Credentials (With Public Evidence)
Every claim on this page is grounded in verifiable public records, authored code, and inspectable repository artifacts—never inflated marketing copy or unverified third-party claims:
| Credential / Domain | Verified Detail | How to Verify / Primary Proof |
|---|---|---|
| Founder & Principal Author | Creator of Supply Chain Ideas (supplychainideas.com), authoring 300+ original learning briefs, 50 structured lessons, 25 narrated video modules, and 8 interactive simulators. |
Inspect 300+ Authored Briefs, 81 Course Pages, and JSON-LD author / founder attribution across the repository. |
| Enterprise Supply Chain Consulting | Supply-chain planning professional and consultant at Infosys specializing in Kinaxis RapidResponse, demand planning, and statistical forecasting. | Public profile record on LinkedIn (Akshay Kaushal) ↗ and archived homepage biography (home.html). |
| Project Delivery Lifecycle Experience | Planning workbooks & dashboards, calculation & automation design, demand-signal investigation, solution architecture, UAT/regression testing, deployment, and production stabilization. | Demonstrated directly in the interactive 30-Day Planning Dashboard, SCIerp MRP/ATP Engine, and WorldPulse Ripple Engine. |
| Graduate Management Education | Completed Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Great Lakes Institute of Management. | Verified via LinkedIn Education Record ↗. |
| Bilingual Accessibility Commitment (English + Hindi) | Built complete English-to-Hindi website conversion from a single homepage toggle (#sci-single-hindi-btn) plus 25 English and 25 Hindi WebVTT subtitle tracks so language is never a barrier for Indian learners. |
Click Open in Hindi (हिंदी में खोलें) on the Homepage or inspect /course-assets/m01-hi.vtt through m25-hi.vtt. |
2. Live Platform Engineering Proofs (Audited & Reproducible in Repository)
Rather than asking visitors to trust abstract claims, Supply Chain Ideas ships with deterministic mathematical models and automated verification suites that validate every equation, link, and ledger entry:
5 progressive tracks, 25 modules, 50 lessons, 250 multiple-choice quiz questions with worked explanations, and 25 HD narrated video walkthroughs (check-course.py: 0 link errors).
Tested across 200 randomized 30-day demand, receipt, and capacity scenarios in test-dashboard.cjs with 100% mathematical pass rate and CSV formula-injection neutralization.
100 Supply Chain Ideas briefs, 100 Advanced Operations Research notes, 50 Forecasting Basics, 50 Advanced Forecasting briefs, plus 36 interactive AllIdeas models (253 math assertions).
Full browser-native ERP (SCIerp) enforcing balanced trial balances (Dr == Cr) and BOM shortage gates, paired with the WorldPulse multi-tier causal Ripple Engine.
3. Flagship Interactive Systems Built for Learners & Practitioners
| System / Route | Core Mathematical & Operational Capability | Direct Launch Link |
|---|---|---|
| SCI WorldPulse & Ripple Engine | Global supply chain chokepoint atlas, 12-week time-phased disruption simulator (separating delayed receipts from cancelled supply), and multi-tier DAG causal shortage propagation. | Open /worldpulse/ → |
| SCIerp — Modular ERP Platform | Multi-warehouse Product Master, PO-to-GRN procurement, Sales ATP reservation, Multi-Level BOM explosion with component shortage gating, and Double-Entry General Ledger. | Open /scierp/ → |
| Supply Chain Planning Dashboard | 30-day rolling inventory, safety stock, coverage gap, and order release workbench with scenario comparison and safe CSV export. | Open Dashboard → |
| FBS Scientific Engine v2.0 | Client-side financial balance-sheet PDF parser and working-capital funding-gap reconciler (Assets = Liabilities + Equity identity check). | Open /fbs/ → |
| Toy Factory Express (60fps Game) | Interactive supply chain game teaching order-up-to replenishment, pipeline lead times, and expedite trade-offs for ages 10+ and pro planners. | Play /game/ → |
| Forecast Lab & Zenix Model | Interactive decomposition of level, trend, seasonality, Croston intermittent demand, WAPE/BIAS/MASE accuracy metrics, and EOQ/ROP calculators. | Open /forecast-lab/ → |
4. Website Protection, Security Architecture & Independent Governance
- 100% Independent Educational Platform: Supply Chain Ideas is an independent educational project created by Akshay Kaushal. All scenarios, company names (such as Northstar Precision Industries, AetherAuto, and BioVeda), and numerical datasets are fictional learning examples and never represent employer, client, or confidential enterprise records.
- Zero Ad-Tech Trackers & Local-First Privacy: All simulator states, ERP ledgers, and PDF extractions run locally in your web browser. No third-party advertising pixels or behavioral trackers are loaded.
- Defense-in-Depth Website Protection: Protected by strict Netlify HTTP security headers (
Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self',X-Frame-Options: DENY,X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff,Strict-Transport-Security,Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy), HTML entity escaping on all dynamic inputs, CSV spreadsheet-formula neutralization, and 256 KB storage payload guards. - Direct Contact: To connect with Akshay Kaushal regarding supply chain planning, Kinaxis RapidResponse, forecasting education, or security reporting, reach out directly via LinkedIn ↗ or visit the Contact Founder page.