SUPPLY CHAIN TECHNOLOGY
Wetware computing interlinks neuroscience, computer science and bioengineering, opening possibilities for real-time adaptation and accelerated predictive analytics in supply chains. This could enable supply chain planning systems that react faster and more resiliently to disruptions than rule-based software today.
A bio-digital future might also include bioengineered packaging materials and embedded biosensors monitoring conditions in transit.
Yet, many challenges temper this promise. Biological variation, stability, environmental control needs and ethical concerns about using living human cells mean wetware remains in a proof-of-concept phase.
Despite these barriers, wetware researchers and entrepreneurs are continuing to explore how biological processing can augment supply chains. Other innovators like Koniku and Ginkgo Bioworks pursue bio-digital sensing and synthetic biology production, pushing us closer to a future in which living systems and digital technologies merge.
Reimagining planning in the age of intelligence In parallel, digitising enterprise plans is already transforming how businesses operate today – turning static spreadsheets into dynamic, cloud-based assets that synchronise commercial plans, demand forecasts and supply strategies in real time.
148 December 2025