SUPPLY CHAIN
“ IF IT LIVES ONLY IN A DASHBOARD, IT WON’ T MOVE THE NEEDLE”
Dayan Rodriguez Corporate Vice President of Manufacturing and Mobility Microsoft
organisations launch too many use cases at once and stall or fail. The companies that win prove value quickly, build confidence and scale from there.
Data is such a critical element. Invest in your data estate, but invest just as much in people and change management. AI becomes powerful when it’ s embedded in daily operations fueled by the best data. We’ re seeing that more and more across our partner ecosystem and customer AI transformation at Microsoft.
Q. HOW DO YOU SEE CAPACITY PLANNING CHANGING IN THE NEXT YEAR?
» Capacity planning is moving closer to execution. Instead of static forecasts, teams will rely on live production data, supplier updates and demand shifts to run frequent what-if scenarios.
AI will handle much of the heavy analysis so planners can focus on decisions and tradeoffs. Planning will reflect real bottlenecks, changeovers, skills constraints and maintenance windows. It becomes faster, more grounded in reality and more tightly connected to financial performance.
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