How IoT, AI, & Blockchain Empower Tomorrow's Autonomous Supply Chain

The internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), and blockchain are having a media moment, especially in the context of the supply chain. For instance, IDC predictsone-third of all manufacturing supply chains will be using analytics-driven cognitive capabilities – a version of AI – by the end of 2020; increasing cost efficiency by 10% and service performance by 5%. Each of these technologies has the potential to shift global supply chains. Taken together, they have the power to completely revolutionize the process via the first truly'autonomous' supply chain. To understand the combined impact, it's important to examine each.