Transform supply chain planning with AI Transform supply chain planning with AI

Today, most supply chain executives recognise AI’s potential to transform their supply chains – from design and operations to planning. Yet, while AI models have demonstrated clear improvements in demand forecasting accuracy, their impact in other core planning areas such as inventory, supply network, production, and sales and operations planning remains limited. This raises an important question: why has AI succeeded in some areas but not others?

This article seeks to answer that question by focusing on two key points:

1. Understanding the decision chain to identify where AI use cases can have real impact
2. Exploring how limiting AI to the ISO definition often means improving decision inputs rather than the decisions themselves