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The 8 numbers that explain what’s really happening with AI adoption

There is no shortage of evidence that companies are adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI). Every quarter brings another survey showing that more organizations are experimenting with generative AI, putting models into production, giving employees access to copilots, or increasing their spending on the technology. At the same time, there is a growing body of evidence suggesting that the economic impact of all this activity remains much less significant than the level of investment would imply. Both observations can be true, and when the numbers are put side by side, the apparent contradiction becomes easier to understand. Therefore, a more useful way to think about the current state of enterprise AI is not to ask whether companies are adopting it. They clearly are. The more important question is whether companies are changing their operations quickly enough to turn widespread access to AI into any meaningful business outcomes.

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Is your product actually a solution, or is it a platform?

The software industry loves labels. Product. Solution. Platform. Network. Offering. They're often used interchangeably, but they don't necessarily mean the same thing. There isn't a universally accepted definition for these terms, but there are some widely accepted perspectives in the software industry worth taking into consideration when you develop your go-to-market messaging. More importantly, using the right terminology helps set the right expectations with your customers.

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9 AI-Native Supply Chain Planning trends reshaping the industry

AI-native supply chain planning is becoming a more visible part of the technology landscape. Over the past year, Alex Pradhan has spoken with a growing number of newer supply chain planning vendors and identified a number of characteristics and trends that distinguish AI-native platforms from traditional systems being retrofitted with AI.

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Is freight cost really the problem? Understanding logistics cost overruns.

By: Mark Cosway | 3 min read

Many logistics cost overruns aren't caused by logistics. They're caused by planning decisions. Yet when freight spend spikes, the first place executives look is transportation, which is the wrong target. Consider a company that sees an opportunity to sell more of its higher-margin products. The business shifts its product mix, but the parts needed to make those products aren't available where they're needed. The result is expedited shipments and airfreight, and suddenly the logistics department has blown through its budget. But did logistics actually cause the problem, or did a business decision simply create a logistics consequence?