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Supply chains sit at the centre of today’s business risk and opportunity. Volatile markets, geopolitical tension, and shifting customer expectations are placing unprecedented demands on how companies anticipate disruption, allocate resources, and deliver with agility. Incremental adjustments are no longer enough; leaders are under pressure to establish the capabilities today that will define competitiveness by 2030.

At the heart of this shift is agentic AI. Beyond automating routine steps, new systems are acting alongside human teams, anticipating changes, testing scenarios, and making decisions in real time. This redefines what collaboration between people and machines can look like, promising step-changes in speed, productivity, and resilience. Yet adoption still lags. Firms that continue to treat advanced AI as an experiment risk losing critical time and falling behind competitors that are embedding these capabilities now.

This Financial Times briefing, held in partnership with Kinaxis, will bring together senior supply chain and operations executives to explore the next frontier of human–machine collaboration. Grounded in real-world case illustrations, the session will highlight how leading organisations are already capturing measurable gains. Discussions will examine how agentic AI can be embedded across planning and orchestration, the organisational and cultural shifts required to unlock value, and what leadership teams must prioritise today to capture the benefits by 2030 - with a particular focus on near-term priorities. The conversation will centre on what leaders can do over the next 12 to 24 months to accelerate adoption, strengthen decision-making, and build more resilient, intelligent supply chains. 

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