With AI tools able to predict, adapt, and make autonomous decisions before a disruption even occurs, organizations struggling to implement AI technology into their supply chain decision-making strategy risk getting left behind.
The MITx MicroMasters Program in Supply Chain Management held its latest webinar, From Supply Chain Analytics to Agentic AI: How AI is Transforming Supply Chain Decision-Making on Thursday, September 10, 2026
.The online session, hosted by Dr. Eva Ponce, Director of Online Education at the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics, featured guest speaker Vijay Sankararaman, Chief AI Officer at Novant Health and former technology leader at Lowe's and Walmart. The discussion explored the rapid evolution of supply chain analytics—moving away from reactive, descriptive dashboards focused purely on cost-cutting, toward advanced machine learning models capable of processing massive, complex variables to drive proactive decisions.
Dr. Eva Ponce of MIT CTL and Vijay Sankararaman of Novant Health discuss the evolution of supply chain analytics from predictive analytic and machine learning to generative and agentic AI in this engaging session. (....)