2025 Supply Chain Agility Index
The 2025 Supply Chain Agility Index reveals rising AI readiness, stronger data foundations, and the talent strategies driving measurable operational gains.
What is the current state of AI readiness across global supply chain organizations?
Nucleus found that 56% of organizations report high AI readiness, with another 24.3% in the next tier, signaling widespread progress from experimentation to operational use.
How does AI talent investment influence supply chain maturity?
Organizations hiring AI-specific roles—such as AI logistics specialists, data scientists, and ML-enabled planners—show the highest adoption rates, confirming that talent strategy is central to scaling AI.
What barriers still prevent AI adoption in supply chain operations?
The top obstacles are system integration complexity (40.9%) and lack of internal expertise (40.1%), indicating that foundational infrastructure and workforce capability remain the primary constraints.
How are organizations using data platforms to accelerate AI deployment?
Over 50.6% have deployed real-time data-sharing platforms, and these organizations are 1.4× more likely to have implemented AI, showing that data connectivity is the strongest predictor of agility.
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