Companies are looking to grab any technology-driven advantage they can as they adapt to new ways of working, managing employees, and serving customers. They are making bigger moves toward the cloud, e-commerce, digital supply chains, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), data analytics, and other areas that can deliver efficiency and innovation. At the same time, enterprises are trying to manage risk -- and the same digital initiatives that create new opportunities can also lead to risks such as security breaches, regulatory compliance failures, and other setbacks. The result is an ongoing conflict between the need to innovate and the need to mitigate risk. "There is always going to be some amount of tension relating to managing risk and engaging in digital transformation work," says Ryan Smith, CIO at healthcare provider Intermountain Healthcare.

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Our world today is surrounded with the ever-changing modern technologies and endless data exploration within our reach. On this constant development and the revolution of big data are evolving the human race on Artificial Intelligent (A.I.) dependence for a better managed environment and the convenience in life. A.I. is the key driver of the fourth industrial revolution of new technologies that bridge the physical, digital and biological worlds. With the enormous explosion of data that powering this rapid growth rate of A.I. in recent decades, it will have a continuous increased impact on the economy and society to drive the business transformation in coming years. Like many other industries that have already successfully adopting A.I. into their everyday businesses, now is the best time for the logistics sector shifting its traditional operating model to a new class of intelligent assets and operational paradigms.

It's now just over 12 months since we first published research on digital supply chains. Some Forrester clients have made progress with integrated business planning and with control towers. And they are on the lookout for blockchain opportunities. But the most common question we hear is about the role of AI in supply chains. The major applications of AI in supply chains are in demand management, warehouse execution, and chatbots serving procurement professionals.

Supply chains are hugely important in our world of physical goods. Companies invest a lot of money and effort to continually optimize and improve them, and that's not likely to ever stop. Save 5% on transportation costs? As artificial intelligence begins to reshape our digital world via AI-infused goods, services, and processes, it will require its own supply chain: mind-boggling quantities of data. Mountains of information must be continually gathered, processed, refined, and reassembled to produce the desired intelligence and decision-making.

Digitization has become the dominant theme in discussions about the future of supply chains. Wherever there is a problem, there is the promise of a technological solution, using some combination of artificial intelligence or machine learning, big data, automation, and the Internet of Things. On one side of the room, there is a dynamic and fast-growing cohort of technology vendors. When we studied around 300 supply-chain technology companies, we found that they make much of features like AI and machine learning in marketing materials. In the overwhelming majority of cases, however, these are either niche features or of unclear value to the end user.

One of the major hurdles companies face in transforming to a Digital Supply Chain is their inability to get data from customers and suppliers--or even from other departments in their own company. What is new is the idea of "trading data" to overcome that hurdle and use as a catalyst for Digital Supply Chain transformation. Companies are aggressively turning to artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) to gain a competitive advantage. But for that strategy to succeed, companies must develop algorithms that rely on AI/ML technology to run their business. And what is the life force behind algorithms?

I recently attended an event with more than 1,300 delegates from mostly asset-intensive industries and when they were asked how many were involved in digital transformation projects, more than 80% of the room raised their hands. Digital transformation is a key strategic initiative for many organizations, as this Gartner survey highlights. Executives at these organizations realize that digitalization is not an option, but the way to survive and thrive in the years to come. The same Gartner survey explains, "CIOs across most industries are struggling to move from experimentation to scaling their digital business initiatives." I often find that business leaders I talk to are confused about the difference between digitizing and transforming business and processes.

Here is an assortment of artificial intelligence quotes. Once you read some of the quotes it is easy to see why AI is so important. "I am telling you, the world's first trillionaires are going to come from somebody who masters AI and all its derivatives,and applies it in ways we never thought of." "Google will fulfill its mission only when its search engine is AI-complete. You guys know what that means? "Artificial Intelligence is the new electricity." "Every serious technology company now has an Artificial Intelligence team in place.