The latest issue of Supply Chain Effect (No. 2/2026) is now available. In this issue, we take an in-depth look at how AI and data analytics can create value in the supply chain, including through smarter forecasting, optimization, and planning.
Special thanks to MIT researcher, AI expert, and author Bryan Reimer, who also appears on the cover alongside his co-author Magnus Lindkvist. We interviewed Reimer about how to think and act in order to derive real benefits and business value from AI. One of the many wise pieces of advice he offers is to view AI as a co-pilot, not an autopilot.
This issue also features a series of other insightful, thought-provoking, and inspiring interviews and articles on the theme of SSupply Chain Analytics and AI – Better Forecasting, Optimization, and Planning:
- How AI Agents Can Create Value in the Supply Chain
- ”Use AI as a co-pilot, not an autopilot” – an interview with Bryan Reimer, MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics
- AI Agents Are Making Their Way Into the Supply Chain – Interview with Emma Karlsson, Oracle
- When the Market Calls the Shots: On Predictive AI and the Need for a Synchronized Supply Chain, by PipeChains: Hans Berggren, Agneta Christersdotter and Jens Dremo
- Are you ready to work with a fast and smart AI agent, from Lars Persson, PTV Logistics
- ”Everyone Has S&OP—But Few Use It to Its Full Potential,” an interview with a Chalmers professor Patrik Jonsson
- Preparing for Growth—Using Lean as a Tool, an interview with Eva Lindell, Rusta and Pär Forsell, Toyota Material Handling
- New AI Platform: ”No Buzzwords, Just Verified Results,” an interview with Mario Berger, BUTTON
- How AI Is Transforming the Last Mile, by Mattias Gredenhag, nShift
- Successful logistics development at Granngården, with Magnus Detterholm, Andreas Kärrstedt, Marcus Sandström and Björn Nordgaard from 4PL Central Station Nordic and Granngården, respectively
- A seamlessly integrated land, sea, and low-altitude air ecosystem, consisting of Mike Danilovic and Jasmine Lihua Liu, from Halmstad University.
