Software magazine has published article Learning by example from Mike Hansen, and one has to only agree, that applying supply chain principles to software development is a good direction.
…there are significant opportunities to make performance gains by optimizing supply chains. By allowing for appropriate constraints or rules to be established up front, automating conformance and tooling, and verifying the information needed to remediate issues or context, organizations can markedly improve efficiency and control risk, thereby unleashing their capacity for innovation.