The majority of production deployments of humanoid robots over the next couple years will be limited to "tightly controlled environments," Gartner predicts.

Will quality inspection be the first area to undergo major artificial intelligence-driven transformation? 

Although AI “enhanced” jobs tend to come with a boost in wages, by contrast, AI will eliminate entirely many roles traditionally taken by younger workers.

When it comes to applying AI to supply chain planning, “there’s a lot of excitement, and a lot of hype, too,” says John Lash, group VP strategy with e2open. 

Scott Maberry, partner in the International Trade & Supply Chain team at Sheppard Mullin, discusses how importers and exporters can cope with uncertainty caused by constantly shifting trade policies.

The use of AI in negotiations compresses transaction time and gradually eliminates large classes of arbitrage, moving closer to the concept of the perfect market.

Before the Fukushima disaster, Japan had one of the world’s most extensive nuclear programs but, since the accident, only 15 of its 33 operational reactors have restarted.

Many supply chain leaders are hesitating on adopting artificial intelligence — not because it acks potential, but because they fear it will fail.

Point-of-sale systems have recently become a particular favorite when it comes to finding vulnerable chinks in the armor.

Leaders must move beyond the notion of agentic AI as merely a technical tool, and recognize its capacity to drive tangible improvements across sourcing, procurement and contracting processes.