Rewiring the Supply Chain for What’s Next
Article from MHI Solutions Magazine
WITH THE RAPID emergence of artificial intelligence (AI), supply chain leaders have arrived at a breakthrough moment.
According to the 2026 MHI Annual Industry Report, “Rewiring the Future: A Supply Chain Playbook for Innovation,” today’s operations continue to be shaped by a convergence of pressures. Among them: economic uncertainty, labor shortages, rising customer expectations and accelerating technological change. In response, organizations are moving beyond isolated improvements and increasingly turning to AI as a means to achieve a more fundamental transformation—what the report describes as “rewiring the supply chain” end‑to‑end.
“Supply chains can no longer be optimized at the edges,” John Paxton, CEO of MHI, said. “Leading companies realize their supply chains must be rewired end‑to‑end. Only connected, intelligent and automated real‑time networks will withstand the volatility and meet future customer demands for speed and efficiency. AI gives them the opportunity to combine both software and physical systems to pull everything together…”
