Successfully deploying artificial intelligence in supply chain planning is an ongoing process, according to Nicholas Wegman, senior director and AI scientist with Zebra Technologies.

S&OP has been a common business practice for years, but has evolved to cope with an increasingly complex world, says Ingrid Gonzalez McCarthy, VP and team member with Gartner.

To ensure success in adopting AI for planning, it needs to be combined with the right data and supporting applications, says Lori Harner, VP of product marketing with SAP.

Cristina Carvallo, senior director analyst with Gartner, offers advice on how organizations can build a collaborative planning effort that unites all elements of the function.

AI capability will move from niche expertise to baseline literacy, on par with digital and data fluency. 

How can the planning organization become the "decision shaper" of the end-to-end supply chain? Noha Samara, senior director of Gartner, explains.

While IBP is not new, many organizations have not made it an ongoing part of their strategic processes.

Stijn-Pieter van Houten, chief product officer for supply chain management planning with SAP, details the state of the art in supply chain planning.

Instead of just analyzing data or suggesting next steps, agentic AI systems are now actually running parts of the sourcing process.

TSMC recorded $15 billion in net profits between July and September, marking a record high for a single quarter and beating the $13.6 billion estimate that had been projected by analysts.