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# WoN Mapping Rules — Supply Chain Infospace
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## Purpose of Mapping
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The mapping stage asks: which Wealth of Nations concept does this supply
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chain entity most directly correspond to? The goal is not to find a
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superficial name match but to identify structural correspondence — same
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mechanism, same trade-off, same systemic role — even when the surface form
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is entirely different.
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Smith had no concept of just-in-time inventory or logistics platforms. But
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he had detailed accounts of circulating capital, merchant intermediaries,
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and market price oscillation. The mapping discipline asks whether modern
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concepts are genuinely new structures or modern instantiations of mechanisms
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Smith already described.
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## Mapping Strength Calibration
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**Strong**: The modern concept and the WoN concept are the same mechanism
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in different historical settings. The supply chain entity could be used
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as an example in a modern edition of Smith's chapter, with only contextual
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updating needed.
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Example: Vendor-Managed Inventory is a Strong map to Division of Labour —
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the function of inventory management is delegated to the party with the
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greatest competence and information, which is precisely Smith's argument
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for specialisation.
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**Moderate**: The concepts share structural logic but differ in important
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ways — the modern concept has features Smith's lacks, or operates under
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conditions Smith did not analyse. The WoN concept illuminates the modern
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concept but does not fully characterise it.
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Example: Bullwhip Effect is a Moderate map to Natural Price as Central Price —
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both describe oscillation of a market signal around a theoretical equilibrium,
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but the bullwhip's amplification mechanism is an information distortion Smith
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did not analyse in this form.
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**Weak**: The mapping is analogical — useful for analysis but the
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correspondence is partial or strained. The WoN concept provides a useful
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frame but should not be treated as explanatory of the modern concept.
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## One-to-Many Mappings
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A supply chain entity may map to more than one WoN concept. Where this
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occurs, create a separate mapping entry for each WoN concept, explaining
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the different facets each illuminates.
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## Unmappable Entities
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If no plausible WoN mapping exists (the concept is genuinely novel),
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document this explicitly with a brief explanation of what Smith's framework
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lacks that would be needed to capture the concept.
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## VSM Inheritance
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Every WoN entity in the reference set has a VSM system assignment. When
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a supply chain entity maps to a WoN entity, it inherits that VSM position.
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If the supply chain entity maps to multiple WoN entities with different VSM
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assignments, note the primary inheritance and explain any secondary VSM roles.
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