Frank Kienle · Operations / Production / Supply Chain

50 credible resources for agentic AI in operations

A dense one-page cheat sheet for building believable AI-agent narratives and prototypes around analytics, production, planning, logistics, optimization, and enterprise controls. Every card opens the underlying source.

HermesOpenClawOpenAIAnthropicGoogleOperations researchSCM platforms

Agent foundations

Hermes Agent docs

Agent runtime / skills / memory

Use as the operating manual for profile-aware agent work, tools, cron, MCP, gateway, and skills.

hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs

Agent foundations

Hermes Agent GitHub

Open-source agent framework

Credibility through source code, issues, releases, and reproducible implementation details.

github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent

Agent foundations

Local/open agent workbench

Relevant to Frank’s OpenClaw/Hermes coexistence and practical agent workflow experimentation.

Agent foundations

OpenAI Agents SDK

Agent framework

Reference for production agent patterns: agents, handoffs, guardrails, tracing.

openai.github.io/openai-agents-python/

Agent foundations

OpenAI tools docs

Tool/function calling

Core mechanics for agents that act through APIs, files, search, and business systems.

platform.openai.com/docs/guides/tools

Agent foundations

OpenAI Cookbook

Implementation examples

Practical recipes for RAG, tools, evals, structured output, and operational prototypes.

cookbook.openai.com/

Agent foundations

Anthropic: Building effective agents

Agent design guidance

High-signal article on workflows vs agents, orchestration, routing, evaluator-optimizer loops.

www.anthropic.com/engineering/building-effective-agents

Agent foundations

Anthropic Claude Code docs

Coding agent practice

Good reference for CLI agent UX, repo workflows, permissions, and coding-agent behavior.

docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code/overview

Agent foundations

Model Context Protocol

Tool interoperability

Important protocol layer for connecting agents to tools, data, and enterprise context.

modelcontextprotocol.io/

Agent foundations

Google A2A protocol blog

Agent interoperability

Google-backed signal that agent-to-agent interoperability is becoming enterprise infrastructure.

developers.googleblog.com/en/a2a-a-new-era-of-agent-interoperability/

Agent foundations

Google Vertex/Gemini Agent Builder

Enterprise agents

Enterprise-grade agent builder concepts, grounding, search, data connection, deployment.

cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/agent-builder/overview

Agent foundations

Google Gemini Enterprise / Agentspace

Enterprise agent workspace

Signals how Google packages agents for workplace search, actions, and enterprise knowledge.

cloud.google.com/products/agentspace

Agent foundations

Microsoft AutoGen

Multi-agent framework

Credible open framework for multi-agent orchestration, conversations, and research prototypes.

github.com/microsoft/autogen

Agent foundations

Microsoft Semantic Kernel Agents

Enterprise agent SDK

Useful for agent patterns in Microsoft/Azure-heavy enterprise environments.

learn.microsoft.com/en-us/semantic-kernel/frameworks/agent/

Agent foundations

Stateful agent workflows

Strong reference for durable state, graph workflows, human-in-the-loop, and controllable agents.

langchain-ai.github.io/langgraph/

Agent foundations

LlamaIndex Agents

Knowledge agents

Useful when operations agents need to query documents, knowledge bases, and structured sources.

docs.llamaindex.ai/en/stable/understanding/agent/

Agent foundations

Role-based agent teams

Popular framework for role/task/process-based agent orchestration.

docs.crewai.com/

Agent foundations

Hugging Face Transformers Agents

Open model agents

Open-source grounding for model/tool agents outside closed vendor stacks.

huggingface.co/docs/transformers/agents

NIST AI Risk Management Framework

Risk vocabulary and governance structure for credible enterprise AI/agent deployments.

www.nist.gov/itl/ai-risk-management-framework

EU AI Act portal

Useful for risk classes, compliance thinking, and guardrails in regulated operations.

artificialintelligenceact.eu/

OWASP Top 10 for LLM Apps

Agentic systems inherit prompt injection, data leakage, tool misuse, and supply-chain risks.

owasp.org/www-project-top-10-for-large-language-model-applications/

Production agents need traces, spans, logs, and telemetry, not only chat transcripts.

opentelemetry.io/

Stanford AI Index

AI evidence base

Annual evidence source for AI adoption, investment, benchmarks, and macro trends.

aiindex.stanford.edu/report/

Ops / supply-chain knowledge

MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics

Supply-chain research

Academic credibility for supply-chain strategy, resilience, logistics, and analytics.

Ops / supply-chain knowledge

Operations research society

Core professional home for OR, analytics, optimization, simulation, and decision science.

www.informs.org/

Ops / supply-chain knowledge

Manufacturing & Service Operations Management

High-quality research channel for operations, production, service systems, and analytics.

pubsonline.informs.org/journal/msom

Ops / supply-chain knowledge

International Journal of Production Economics

Source for production economics, planning, networks, inventory, and operational decisions.

www.sciencedirect.com/journal/international-journal-of-production-economics

Ops / supply-chain knowledge

International Journal of Production Research

Long-running source for manufacturing, production planning, scheduling, and industrial systems.

www.tandfonline.com/journals/tprs20

Ops / supply-chain knowledge

Process reference model

Operational language for plan/source/make/deliver/return/orchestrate metrics and process design.

www.ascm.org/learning-development/standards-and-tools/scor-ds/

Ops / supply-chain knowledge

Gartner Supply Chain AI

Analyst perspective

Useful market framing for supply-chain AI capabilities, hype, and executive adoption.

www.gartner.com/en/supply-chain/topics/supply-chain-ai

Ops / supply-chain knowledge

Google Cloud supply-chain blog

Cloud + logistics posts

Practical Google posts on logistics, data, cloud analytics, and supply-chain modernization.

cloud.google.com/blog/topics/supply-chain-logistics

Industrial / enterprise platforms

IBM: AI in supply chain

Enterprise explainer

Good executive-readable framing of AI use cases across planning, risk, logistics, and sourcing.

www.ibm.com/think/topics/ai-in-supply-chain

Industrial / enterprise platforms

Google Cloud supply chain

Cloud solution hub

Reference architecture layer for supply-chain analytics on Google Cloud.

cloud.google.com/solutions/supply-chain

Industrial / enterprise platforms

Google Cloud manufacturing

Manufacturing AI/cloud

Useful for production, quality, digital twin, and manufacturing data modernization.

cloud.google.com/solutions/manufacturing

Industrial / enterprise platforms

AWS Industrial / Manufacturing

Cloud industrial AI

AWS view of industrial data, IoT, manufacturing, predictive quality, and operations.

aws.amazon.com/industrial/

Industrial / enterprise platforms

Microsoft Cloud for Manufacturing

Industrial cloud

Microsoft/Azure perspective for factory, supply chain, and frontline operations.

www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/manufacturing/microsoft-cloud-for-manufacturing

Industrial / enterprise platforms

Databricks Manufacturing

Lakehouse analytics

Analytics/AI architecture for industrial data, quality, maintenance, and operations.

www.databricks.com/solutions/industries/manufacturing

Industrial / enterprise platforms

Snowflake Manufacturing

Data sharing and governed analytics angle for manufacturing and operational data products.

www.snowflake.com/en/solutions/industries/manufacturing/

Industrial / enterprise platforms

Operational AI platform

Strong reference for ontology-driven operational AI, decision workflows, and enterprise controls.

www.palantir.com/platforms/aip/

Industrial / enterprise platforms

SAP Integrated Business Planning

Planning system

Relevant for S&OP, demand, supply, inventory, and response planning environments.

www.sap.com/products/scm/integrated-business-planning.html

Industrial / enterprise platforms

Enterprise SCM suite reference for planning, procurement, manufacturing, logistics, and service.

www.oracle.com/scm/

Industrial / enterprise platforms

NVIDIA Manufacturing

Industrial AI acceleration

Credible source for simulation, robotics, visual inspection, digital twins, and accelerated AI.

www.nvidia.com/en-us/industries/manufacturing/

Industrial / enterprise platforms

Industrial AI perspective

Industrial credibility for engineering, automation, production systems, and AI-enabled operations.

www.siemens.com/global/en/company/topic-areas/artificial-intelligence.html

Industrial / enterprise platforms

Rockwell Smart Manufacturing

Factory operations

Factory-floor perspective for connected operations, automation, MES, and production performance.

www.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/capabilities/smart-manufacturing.html

Optimization / simulation / data quality

Concurrent planning

Strong supply-chain planning reference: scenarios, response, constraints, and planning workflows.

www.kinaxis.com/en

Optimization / simulation / data quality

Digital brain planning

Enterprise planning platform for demand, supply, revenue, and operational decision workflows.

www.o9solutions.com/

Optimization / simulation / data quality

Quantitative supply chain

High-signal quantitative perspective on probabilistic forecasting and supply-chain decisions.

Optimization / simulation / data quality

AnyLogic supply chains

Simulation reference for network design, warehouses, transportation, and risk experiments.

www.anylogic.com/supply-chains/

Optimization / simulation / data quality

Google OR-Tools

Optimization toolkit

Practical solver toolkit for routing, scheduling, assignment, flows, and production constraints.

developers.google.com/optimization

Optimization / simulation / data quality

Great Expectations

Agents acting on operational data need validation, expectations, and observable data contracts.

greatexpectations.io/

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