ABSTRACT
The Cybersyn project, initiated in Chile in the 1970s under the government of Salvador Allende, aimed to use cybernetics to optimize the country's supply chains. At the heart of the project was the Opsroom, a futuristic control center in Santiago, designed to enable decision-makers to monitor product flows and make decisions based on data received in real-time. Although the Cybersyn project showed promising capabilities, it encountered numerous technological and political obstacles. The military coup of 1973 put an end to the socialist experiment in Chile and to the Cybersyn project, whose infrastructure was dismantled. Despite its premature termination, the Cybersyn project remains a benchmark in studies of the relationship between technology, economics and politics, and is often cited as a precursor of ERP systems and the Internet of Things (IoT). Its concepts, based on decentralized management and rapid decision-making, continue to inspire contemporary thinking on corporate governance in an increasingly digital world.
Keywords
Chile, Cybernetics, Cybersyn project, industrial and logistical planning, Opsroom, Salvador Allende, supply chain.