Forbes December 9, 2025
As 2025 comes to an end, where do we stand with AI in the supply chain? What is real? What is hype?
What AI Really Works in Supply Chain Software Vendors’ Solutions?
Machine learning has been a part of advanced demand forecasting for over 20 years. But these solutions have become more powerful, even down to creating daily forecasts at the SKU level. Demand management solutions that use machine learning perform better than solutions that don’t.
In supply planning, optimization is critical. Optimization, another solution used by supply chain software vendors for over two decades, is now considered a form of AI. Optimization works, it delivers real ROI, and it has gotten better over the years.
So, AI in supply...







