Graphs, Digital Twins, and the Supply Chain Apocalypse Nobody Is Talking About

Abstract

1. The Apocalypse No One Invited

Imagine this: Wednesday morning of Q3. Somewhere else in North America, a multinational beverage company's logistics dashboard shows that everything is groovy. Their inventory is in balance, their assembly lines are running at full speed, and their digital twin is happily predicting zero disruptions for the next six months.

Three ports are offline by Friday due to extreme weather, truck capacity in two critical states has disappeared, and a critical ingredient is stuck halfway across the country. The digital twin? Still showing all systems go. This isn't theory. It's a repeated experience for firms that have invested millions creating supply chain models, only to discover that their twins are perfect in theory but breakable in practice. The gap between the model and the world is where the apocalypse starts, and it's bigger than executives want to admit.