“ The arrival of GenAI into mainstream supply chain is probably still 10 years away ”
CRAIG SUMMERS , MD , UKI , MEA & NORDICS , MANHATTAN ASSOCIATES of the Internet , and more than 300 billion words . It has a vast data lake from which to ‘ learn ’,
However , Summers points out , this isn ’ t necessarily the case when it comes to individual supply chains .
“ Supply chain models are so complex and specific to each company ,” he says , “ which is why the arrival of GenAI into the mainstream supply chain is probably still 10 years away .
While a decade is a long time , particularly in the tech space , the burning question , Summers believes , “ is whether supply chain leaders can afford to sit back and wait it out to see if generative AI simply vanishes or tapers off ”.
He adds that , besides the technical issues of GenAI in supply chains there are legal and ethical concerns . supplychaindigital . com 113