AI in Supply Chain: Automation Is Not Autonomy

About this episode

The episode discusses the role of AI in supply chain decision-making and the importance of accountability.

Send me a message Can AI make better supply chain decisions, or just make bad ones faster? In this episode of Resilient Supply Chain, I’m joined by Simon Bezrukov, Chief AI Officer at Bristlecone, for a grounded conversation about AI in supply chain, resilience, risk, data, visibility, and the uncomfortable bit nobody likes to put on the first slide: accountability. Simon’s core point is sharp: AI agents are great at doing the paperwork of decisions, but they’re not yet great at owning the co...

People in this episode

Host: Tom Raftery

Guest: Simon Bezrukov

Topics covered

• AI in supply chain
• automation
• accountability
• risk management
• data visibility

Keywords

• AI
• supply chain
• automation
• accountability
• risk
• data
• visibility

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bristlecone

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