Op-Ed: AI's Last Mile and Why Your Supply Chain 'Pilot' Never Makes It into Production
· Source: wwd.com
In short
This op-ed examines why many AI initiatives in supply chain operations fail to scale beyond the pilot stage, attributing the problem to an 'execution gap' between intelligence generation and operational action. The author argues that the true challenge lies not in algorithm sophistication but in integrating AI into daily workflows, user adoption, and organizational change management. Companies that successfully operationalize AI can achieve productivity gains of 3-8 percent, and the next phase of supply chain modernization depends on bridging the 'last mile' between intelligence and execution.
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Tags: supply chain, AI adoption, optimization, agentic AI, last mile, digital transformation