Artificial Intelligence

Why trust, flexibility, and execution now matter more than speed

Thursday, May 21, 2026 · Brian Straight As warehouse automation adoption matures, supply chain leaders are shifting their focus from rapid deployment toward trusted execution, scalable system design, operational flexibility, and long-term automation performance across increasingly volatile supply chain environments.

Körber Supply Chain, NVIDIA deal advance digital twin capabilities

Friday, May 1, 2026 · Brian Straight Körber’s collaboration with NVIDIA highlights how advances in computing power and physics-based simulation are turning digital twins into practical, real-time decision tools for supply chain design, execution, and optimization.

Closing the execution gap: Why supply chain investments still struggle to deliver results

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 · Brian Straight Despite years of investment in digital tools and AI, supply chain organizations are struggling to turn visibility into action, revealing a growing execution gap driven by misaligned processes, unclear ownership, and limited ROI from technology.

Why AI readiness isn’t enough for CSCOs

Wednesday, April 22, 2026 · Mel Mohamednur, Director Analyst, Gartner Supply Chain Supply chain leaders must move beyond AI readiness to redesign talent, performance metrics, and workflows around human–AI collaboration to unlock real operational value.

Architecting a modern, automation-first warehouse software platform: A practitioner-led case study

Tuesday, April 14, 2026 · Muruganandham Kalimuthu Automation-first warehouses succeed or fail based on software architecture, specifically how SaaS WMS, automation systems, and integrations are orchestrated as a unified, event-driven platform.

AI without context is operational risk

Friday, April 10, 2026 · Prabhat Rao Pinnaka, Sukanya Bollineni and Senthil Thiyagarajan Predictive models and control towers have given supply chain leaders more signal than ever. The problem is not the volume of signal, it is that signal without context cannot tell you what to do. That gap is where AI-driven risk management breaks down.

AI is creating new market access barriers to trade

Friday, April 3, 2026 · Dravida Seetharam and Sarah Lahti Artificial intelligence is accelerating global trade while simultaneously creating new market access barriers driven by infrastructure gaps, regulatory fragmentation, and unequal digital capabilities.

To lead with Gen AI, become an integrator

Tuesday, March 3, 2026 · Tom Davis and Dennis Oates As generative AI reshapes knowledge work, supply chain leaders must orchestrate people, processes, and intelligent systems, shifting from automation to integration to unlock real performance gains.

From human-in-the-loop to human-on-the-loop: An AI agent architecture for proactive planning

Tuesday, March 3, 2026 · Saravana Venkatachalam and Arunachalam Narayanan Supply chain planning tools are not new. Most organizations today rely on established systems for demand planning, supply planning, inventory optimization, and network design. These tools are typically operated in a human-in-the-loop model: planners run scheduled processes…

Decision velocity:  The new operating advantage for supply chain leaders

Monday, March 2, 2026 · Karin Bursa In a world of constant disruption and exponential data growth, supply chain performance increasingly depends on how quickly leaders can detect change, decide with confidence, and convert decisions into coordinated action at scale.

Where 2025’s AI predictions hit, missed, and what supply chain leaders must recalibrate in 2026

Monday, March 2, 2026 · Dean Alms, chief product officer, Aravo A review of 2025’s AI predictions shows that while agentic AI and automation advanced in supply chains, data readiness, governance gaps, and third-party risk oversight will determine whether organizations realize real AI ROI in 2026.

From pilots to performance: Embedded AI agents are reshaping retail operations

Monday, February 9, 2026 · Brian Straight As retailers move from AI experimentation to execution, embedded AI agents powered by clean, real-time data and governed by clear guardrails are emerging as the foundation for reliable, scalable retail decision-making in 2026.

Can AI help simplify put-away rule configuration in WMS?

Friday, January 30, 2026 · Sreekumar Somasundaram As warehouse put-away logic grows more complex, AI-assisted WMS models offer a potential path to reduce configuration burden by shifting bin-level decisions from static rules to data-driven, real-time optimization.

Manufacturers’ AI adoption is outpacing cyber, compliance, and risk governance

Thursday, January 29, 2026 · Brian Straight Manufacturers are rapidly deploying AI across production and supply chains, but new research shows their governance, cybersecurity, and compliance controls are lagging—creating growing exposure to adversarial AI attacks, regulatory scrutiny, and third-party supply chain…

Why Agentic AI is finally working in supply chains

Wednesday, January 14, 2026 · Brian Straight As U.S. supply chain leaders move past stalled AI pilots, Agentic AI embedded in Integrated Business Planning, digital twins, and human-in-the-loop execution is delivering measurable operational value.