1、Supply Chain Tech Report 2026EU startups are redefining technology and AI performanceContents Prequel Ventures|Oliver WymanSupply Chain Tech Report 20263Foreword5State of Supply Chains15Technology Investment and Evolution4About Us8Artificial Intelligence as Strategic Response12A Flip in Corporate Fo

2、cus19Where Boards Should Focus Next22The European Supply Chain Ecosystem35Startups to Watch and Startup Overview Prequel Ventures|Oliver WymanSupply Chain Tech Report 20263ForewordEuropean supply chains are entering a new phase.After several years defined by acute disruption from pandemics and geopo

3、litical shocks to inflation and capacity shortages the operating environment has fundamentally changed.Volatility has become structural,margins are under pressure,and expectations on performance,transparency,and compliance continue to rise simultaneously.This years Supply Chain Tech Report reflects

4、a clear shift in how leaders are responding.The dominant priority is no longer resilience at any cost,but disciplined performance improvement:reducing cost,increasing speed and agility,and extracting tangible value from technology investments already made.Technology budgets are growing,but there is

5、less tolerance for experimentation without results.Artificial intelligence(AI)sits at the center of this transition.The promise of AI in supply chains is real,but the industry is moving past early hype.Most organizations now recognize that the primary constraint is not algorithmic sophistication,but

6、 the underlying foundations fragmented data,legacy architectures,unclear ownership,and decision processes still built around experience rather than data.AI is proving to be less a cure-all than a stress test,exposing weaknesses that have long limited end-to-end performance.At the same time,technolog