Blue Yonder redesigns supply chain operations around AI agents
Permanent disruption has turned supply chain management into a boardroom concern, sitting alongside security as tariff volatility, reshoring pressure and geopolitical shocks reset the cost of getting goods from origin to shelf. Forecast-and-execute planning models built for stable demand are buckling, and a new operating architecture is emerging in which artificial intelligence agents replace fragmented workflows and people supervise outcomes at machine speed.
That shift is already reshaping how software companies build for the sector, with agentic operations moving from pilot projects into production deployments. The change is less about adding intelligence to existing applications than about rebuilding the operating model underneath them, according to Duncan Angove (pictured, left), chief executive officer of Blue Yonder Inc.
“What we’re living through is now business as usual if you’re a supply chain professional,” Angove told theCUBE. “You’re in a permanent state of disruption. The old supply chains were built around forecasting demand and then orchestrating an entire value chain around that. And that just doesn’t work in today’s world.”
