1、The Execution Gap:2026 State of the Supply Chain IndustryAmong surveyed supply chain leaders,technology investment accelerated in 2025,yet the gap between system capability and measurable performance improvement continues to widen.Executive Summary02About the Survey04Introduction:Beyond Buying Syste
2、ms05The State of Modern Supply Chains07From Investment to Intelligence15Taking the Next Steps with Technology22Conclusion:Operationalizing Innovation29About Blue Ridge30Contents0102To better understand the forces shaping supply chain performance and technology adoption,Blue Ridge surveyed supply cha
3、in leaders in late 2025 about their operational challenges,technology investment priorities,and outlook for the year ahead?The?ndings reveal widespread investment in supply chain technology across organizations operating complex supply chains,but not uniformly across all capability areas.Most respon
4、dents implemented new systems over the past year,particularly in execution,visibility,and operational e?ciency.?At the same time,forecast accuracy,service levels,and inventory e?ciency remain tightly constrained.Improvements tend to be incremental rather than transformational,re?ecting the reality t
5、hat these outcomes are driven primarily by planning e?ectiveness,even as dedicated planning solutions continue to see relatively low adoption?Interest in AI remains high,but meaningful deployment is still limited by data quality,integration complexity,and unclear return on investment.As priorities s
6、hift from a resilience-?rst mindset toward optimization and e?ciency,the path forward is becoming clearer.Organizations that align technology investment with the planning capabilities that directly govern inventory,service,and cost performance will be best positioned to convert modernization e?orts