SupplyChain Magazine January 2020 | Page 39

39 excited to see the plethora of tools that organisations will have at their disposal to modernise operations and increase their understanding of the extended enterprise . I ’ m looking forward to seeing technology products that leverage blockchain to enable product tracking from the source to the consumer , as they will continue to add value by bringing increased transparency to the manufacturing and distribution process , providing both organisations and consumers with greater assurance over aspects such as product quality . AI capabilities will provide more precise , predictive capabilities to enable organisations to optimise supply chain spend and detect risk earlier in the contracting lifecycle . There is lots of innovation in this space that has tremendous potential to transform the way organisations manage their supply chain network .
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