Expert insights
This report explores how supply chain and logistics leaders are approaching custom software development amid legacy systems, technical debt, integration challenges, and rapid AI adoption.
Insider insights
Why logistics leaders choose custom software over off-the-shelf tools
CSD investment drivers
CSD challenges and risks
Where legacy systems and skills gaps are slowing progress
How to understand your skills gap
How AI is changing the future of custom software development
Sector comparisons
What it takes to scale innovation without disrupting operations
To understand how organisations are responding, NashTech commissioned independent research firm Vanson Bourne to conduct a comprehensive global survey of 850 enterprise IT decision-makers and Independent software vendors (ISVs). The findings provide a unique perspective on how enterprises and ISVs are leveraging custom software to succeed in an AI-first world.
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Insights
Supply chain and logistics organisations have spent several years responding to one disruption after another. What was once treated as exceptional has become part of the everyday operating environment: geopolitical tension, climate-related disruption, changing trade requirements, rising customer expectations and persistent pressure on costs and margins.
Artificial intelligence promises huge opportunities for supply chain and logistics organisations, from demand forecasting and warehouse optimisation to route planning and customer service. Yet while investment continues to rise, many technology leaders are discovering that moving from AI pilot to production is far more difficult than launching a proof of concept. Our latest research found that 87% of supply chain and logistics organisations expect to increase their use of AI within the next two years, while 71% believe AI will have a high impact on their software development strategy. However, AI execution is becoming a problem. This article explores just some of the reasons AI initiatives stall in supply chain organisations and explains how technology leaders can build the foundations needed to move beyond experimentation and into measurable business value.
Why logistics leaders don't need more technology. They need the right technology. Logistics has never been short of pressure to innovate. Rising customer expectations, tighter margins, supply chain disruption and increasingly complex operations have made technology essential to staying competitive.
For the third time this year, NashTech, in partnership with CILT UK, hosted a Supply Chain and Logistics Roundtable in Birmingham. Led by NashTech’s Chris Weston, Thomas Pointer, Robert Stenzel, and Stuart Simpson, and CILT’s Richard Atkinson CBE, the event fostered an open discussion on the realities of AI adoption in logistics, as well as to identify practical AI use cases, understand readiness requirements, and take actionable ideas back to their businesses.
