The Research

Built on evidence, not opinions.

ChainLytix diagnostics are derived from hierarchical logistic regression across 202 real supply chain AI deployments. Validated by a doctoral committee, not assembled from whitepapers.

Four phases of evidence building.

PHASE 01
Systematic Literature Review
~3,000 initial records across six peer-reviewed databases. PRISMA 2020 four-stage screening produced ~200 high-quality papers spanning 2019 to 2025.
PHASE 02
Cross-Domain Pattern Sweep
60 high-credibility sources across Finance, Healthcare, and IT Operations. Extracted universal adoption patterns and the organizational anti-patterns no vendor talks about.
PHASE 03
Framework Construction
Built the 15×14 Task-Readiness Matrix. 15 SCOR-aligned supply chain tasks scored across 14 readiness dimensions using CMM-anchored rubrics.
PHASE 04
Statistical Validation
Hierarchical logistic regression on 202 real cases. Anti-pattern variables lifted R² from .142 to .634 and classification accuracy to 85.6%.
202
Real deployments analyzed
85.6%
Prediction accuracy
.634
Nagelkerke R²
~200
Papers in scholarly corpus
15
SCOR-aligned tasks

What the data shows.

41%
Deployments fail or stall. The reasons are predictable reasons
58.9% succeed. The rest fail, stall, or degrade. Four organizational anti-patterns predict the outcome before deployment begins.
8.5×
Multi-Agent Systems outperform all other architectures
MAS deployments succeed at 78.6% vs. 48.5% for other approaches. Architecture choice is a statistically significant predictor (p = .029).
−98%
Trust Deficit is the biggest deployment killer
When organizational trust in AI is low, success odds drop by 98%. This is a people problem, not a technology problem.
346%
Anti-patterns explain far more than technical variables
R² jumped from .142 to .634 when organizational variables were added. The non-technical factors are what actually predict outcomes.
Brad Rogers
Brad Rogers
Founder, ChainLytix · Doctoral Researcher

ChainLytix exists because the gap between AI vendor promises and supply chain operational reality keeps producing the same outcome: stalled deployments, wasted budget, and organizational skepticism that makes the next attempt harder.

18 years Fortune 50 supply chain. PepsiCo, Frito-Lay
Active Director-level supply chain leader
Doctoral researcher. 202-case deployment dataset
Guest Lecturer, Baylor University
Provisional patent. AI readiness diagnostic methodology
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