在供应链中扩展人工智能：迈向智能、自动驱动供应链的下一步（英文版）.pdf

Scaling AI in the supply chain The next step toward intelligent, self-driving supply chains Business Situation 02 New demands are stressing the supply chain It’s certainly no longer “business as usual” for supply chains. A convergence of factors has placed significant pressure on organizations’ supply chains to address a wide range of new challenges and priorities 1 Accenture’s Business Futures research found only that, in many cases, existing supply chain capabilities aren’t capable of around three in 10 supply chain executives were very handling. In particular, companies’ are hampered by a lack of visibility. confident in their ability to foresee and respond to future It’s been well documented, for instance, that COVID-19 caused large-scale events, including supply chain bottlenecks, equipment supply chain disruptions, risks, and uncertainty that nearly paralyzed or process failures, and demand pattern changes. companies for a time—largely due to a combination of unforeseen demand spikes and insufficient capabilities to respond to them—and these challenges are still wreaking havoc in companies today. Business Situation 03 The war in Ukraine, in addition to being a devastating humanitarian disaster, has exacerbated the situation even further,2 injecting new uncertainty into an already unpredictable economic environment. However, the disruptions companies are dealing with today are