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Supply Chain Leaders Prioritize Working Capital Yet Deploy AI in Wrong Places to Achieve It, FourKites Research Reveals

· Source: businesswire.com

In short

Research from FourKites and ABI Research reveals a contradiction where 28% of supply chain executives cite working capital optimization as their top investment driver, yet only 37% deploy AI for risk management. Companies heavily use AI for demand forecasting and inventory management instead of disruption prevention, which directly impacts working capital through detention fees and expedited freight costs. Only 27% of organizations allow AI to take autonomous action, limiting its ability to prevent cash-draining disruptions.

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Tags: risk, automation, forecasting, disruption, capital, integration

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