Simulate the supply chain Amazon Connect Decisions already sees.
Amazon Connect Decisions — the next generation of AWS Supply Chain — unifies your ERP, WMS, and supplier data into a single decisioning layer. Pharma Supply Chain ABM layers agent-based stress testing on top, turning that operational picture into forward-looking resilience intelligence.
• Unified ERP / WMS / EDI ingestion into a decisioning data lake
• SKU × node inventory projections and demand forecasts
• N-tier supplier visibility and lead-time analytics
• Operational insights and recommended actions
• Agent-level behavior across manufacturers, distributors, hospitals
• Cascading shortage dynamics under correlated shocks
• Stress tests: geopolitical, cold-chain, API single-source
• Forward-looking resilience KPIs and recommended buffer changes
| Signal | ABM use |
|---|---|
| Inventory projections (SKU × node) | Initial stock state for each agent |
| Demand forecast | Calibration target for demand generator |
| Supplier lead-time stats | Lead-time distributions per supplier agent |
| N-tier supplier graph | Agent network topology |
| Historical disruption events | Backtesting & validation |
| Output | Surfaced as |
|---|---|
| Shortage probability per SKU | Risk insight in Decisions |
| Cold-chain failure cascade map | Network alert overlay |
| Resilience score per node | Node-level KPI |
| Recommended buffer-stock deltas | Suggested action / playbook |
| Scenario stress-test results | What-if dashboard |
Integration patterns
Nightly export from the Decisions data lake. ABM runs the scenario suite, writes results back to S3, and Decisions ingests them as custom insights the next morning.
Supplier delay or inventory-threshold events from Decisions trigger an ABM scenario via a server function. Results are posted back as a fresh insight within minutes.
An analyst clicks 'Run resilience scenario' inside a Decisions insight. They deep-link into pharmaabm.com pre-seeded with the SKU, network, and shock context.
Example use cases
Decisions flags 80% of a critical API sourced from one Indian plant. ABM simulates a 12-week export ban and quantifies hospital-level shortage probability.
A regional DC reports a refrigeration anomaly. ABM runs cascading-spoilage scenarios and surfaces the at-risk SKU list and reroute options.
A hurricane closes a Gulf Coast plant. ABM stress-tests national service levels under 4, 8, and 12-week outages and recommends pre-positioning.
- Phase 1Read-only ingestPull inventory, forecast, and supplier graph from Decisions into ABM as calibration data.
- Phase 2Scheduled scenariosNightly batch runs of the full scenario suite, results stored in S3.
- Phase 3Event-driven runsDecisions events trigger targeted ABM simulations on demand.
- Phase 4Bi-directional insightsABM resilience scores and recommendations published back as native Decisions insights.
Bring resilience intelligence to Decisions
Talk to Simudyne about wiring Pharma Supply Chain ABM into your Amazon Connect Decisions environment.