AI-driven supply chains deliver greater financial performance

NEW research from Accenture finds that companies with the most mature supply chains achieve 23 percent greater profitability than the competition. These so-called leaders are six times as likely to use AI and generative AI widely across their supply chains, which allows them to generate additional business value. Conversely, low supply chain maturity among many organizations leads to limited ability to benefit from AI and generative AI.

In the report titled "Next stop, next-gen," Accenture defines supply chain maturity as the extent to which companies have supply chains that use generative AI, advanced machine learning, and other evolving technologies for autonomous decision-making, advanced simulations and continuous improvement. These capabilities enable companies to adapt more readily to changes as they happen and adopt other new technologies seamlessly as they emerge.