Supply chains have always been dynamic, physical ecosystems. The tragedy is that we have tried to run them on software that is rigid and deterministic, systems built on the assumption that operations can be configured and re-configured as needed. That assumption is now broken, and so is the software built on it. Legacy enterprise software is, in a real sense, departing. The era of deterministic, hand-coded, configuration-heavy apps has ended. AI-native systems are beginning to supplement rigid rules with tools that can interpret context, support planning and adapt to changing conditions. Supply chains that learn, adapt and act continuously will turn volatility from a constraint into a source of compounding advantage.
