ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES
More recently, through our acquisition of antuit. ai, plus a few other acquisitions, we’ re moving from foundational AI to transformational AI across enterprise businesses.
Most recently, Zebra had its first annual AI summit a few weeks ago in Nashville, Tennessee. We brought leaders from our customer portfolio, discussing how organisations- leading retailers, manufacturers, healthcare, consumer packaged goods companies- can leverage Zebra’ s AI portfolio to transform operations.
It was a great event with around a hundred attendees.
The dialogue focused on lessons learned, knowledge sharing, talks from industry leaders and how Zebra is addressing these industry themes.
Q. DO YOU HAVE ADVICE FOR OTHER SUPPLY CHAIN LEADERS?
» Yes, it’ s okay not to conduct a full, detailed analysis before setting up new processes or buying technology. I believe in small, short bets or pilots that demonstrate value and can be scaled.
I read a great MIT study that 95 % of organisations have launched some AI pilot, whether generative AI, agent AI or predictive AI, which we see as core to supply chain optimisation.
It’ s okay to fail but important to take small bets, identify and structure hypotheses, measure outcomes in a short, meaningful way, so you continuously drive value and move on to the next challenge.
Q. LOOKING TO THE FUTURE, HOW DO YOU SEE THE BALANCE BETWEEN RESILIENCE, AGILITY AND AI SHAPING SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT’ S FUTURE?
» Today, more capability is available to individuals in supply chain roles than ever before. Traditionally, people and processes differentiated success, with technology as an enabler.
Now, capabilities like warehouse orchestration, precision demand forecasting and agentic AI to alert scenarios about disruptions, out-of-stock or Black Swan events and suggest next best actions exist.
It will continue to be a balancing act of mixing people, process and technology. The supply chains that win won’ t take oversized bets on any single area but will have a balanced approach for running and executing their business.
Gartner Supply Chain Planning Summit
December 2 – 3, 2025 Denver, CO – Booth # 313
Join Zebra Technologies to explore how these AI-powered forecasting and inventory optimisation solutions can transform your supply chain planning – improving accuracy, reducing costs and adapting faster to change.
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