Forbes October 4, 2025
Supply chains stretch across the globe, but are constantly brittle, subject to disruptions of all kinds. Economic issues, weather events, energy shortages, tariffs, cyberattacks, and wars lurk behind every shipment. Can AI help smooth the movement of goods and services in such a volatile world?
Already, there is a notable shift away from global to local production, a new survey of 1,800 global executives from Prologis and The Harris Poll finds. A majority, 58%,
forecast more localized supply chains by 2030, with only 31% expecting continued globalization.
“This represents a fundamental shift from cost-optimization to risk-mitigation as
the primary business strategy,” state the report’s authors. In a post-globalization era, “proximity and control outweigh traditional cost advantages. Strategic planning must account for...
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