Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing what supply chain and industrial organizations can see, predict, and decide. The next challenge is more consequential: turning that intelligence into action.
A transportation system can identify an impending delivery failure. A planning application can recommend a better allocation of inventory. A warehouse can anticipate tomorrow’s capacity constraints. But recognizing an opportunity or a problem is only the beginning. The real value comes when organizations can translate those insights into coordinated, reliable execution.
That is why we’re particularly excited about the 31st Annual ARC Industry Leadership Forum, taking place February 22–25, 2027, in Orlando, Florida.
This year’s theme, “From Intelligence to Execution: Scaling AI Across Industrial Operations and Supply Chain,” addresses one of the defining challenges facing our industry. How do we move beyond promising pilots, disconnected applications, and impressive demonstrations to build operations that are genuinely more intelligent, responsive, and resilient?
At Logistics Viewpoints, these are questions we explore every day. As part of ARC Advisory Group, we have the opportunity to bring those conversations together with the manufacturers, supply chain executives, technology innovators, and industry experts who are putting these ideas into practice.
We invite you to join us in Orlando.
Why This Year’s Forum Matters for Supply Chain Leaders
Supply chain technology has entered a particularly interesting period. AI is being incorporated into transportation management, warehouse operations, supply chain planning, manufacturing execution, and asset management. Robotics and autonomous systems are becoming more capable, while the boundaries between digital intelligence and physical operations continue to evolve.
Yet the technologies themselves are only part of the story.
An AI recommendation that never reaches the people or systems responsible for execution has limited operational value. The same is true of autonomous systems that cannot communicate effectively with adjacent processes, or planning applications that optimize decisions without accounting for conditions on the factory floor or in the distribution network.
The organizations that distinguish themselves in the coming years will be those capable of connecting intelligence with execution across traditional functional and technology boundaries.
The 2027 ARC Forum is designed to examine precisely how that transition is taking place.
Rather than focusing exclusively on what technology might eventually accomplish, the program emphasizes the experiences of organizations implementing AI and autonomy today. Attendees will hear how companies are integrating data, operational systems, human expertise, and emerging technologies to deliver measurable improvements in performance.
For supply chain executives weighing their next generation of investments, these conversations are especially valuable.
The Conversations We Want to Have in Orlando
Several of the forum’s major themes align directly with the subjects we cover at Logistics Viewpoints.
AI in supply chain planning and execution. How can AI help organizations move beyond identifying disruptions toward coordinating effective responses? What changes when planning, scheduling, logistics, and production become increasingly interconnected?
Physical AI, robotics, and autonomous operations. As intelligence moves into equipment, machines, and operational workflows, how will warehouses, manufacturing facilities, and distribution operations evolve? Where are autonomous capabilities delivering practical value, and where does human intervention remain essential?
Connected data and interoperable systems. AI requires more than access to information. It needs data that is timely, contextualized, and available across enterprise and operational technology environments. Industrial data fabrics, open architectures, and integration strategies will be important subjects throughout the forum.
People, processes, and organizational transformation. The increasing sophistication of AI raises fundamental questions about operational responsibility, workforce capabilities, and decision authority. Technology adoption succeeds when organizations prepare their people and processes to take advantage of new capabilities.
Cybersecurity, resilience, and operational performance. As operations become more connected and autonomous, organizations must balance new capabilities with security, safety, reliability, and effective governance.
These are not isolated technology discussions. They are interconnected challenges affecting the way modern supply chains will operate.
Learning From the People Doing the Work
One of the strongest reasons to attend an ARC Industry Leadership Forum is the opportunity to hear directly from organizations confronting these challenges in their own operations.
The 2027 program places particular emphasis on end-user transformation stories, bringing real implementation experience into discussions that too often remain theoretical.
Attendees will have opportunities to explore what worked, what proved difficult, and what organizations learned as they moved from initial deployments toward more comprehensive operational transformation.
The ARC Industrial Pacesetters program will also recognize organizations and teams demonstrating significant achievements through technology, leadership, and innovative operating practices.
Beyond the formal sessions, the forum’s executive panels, workshops, networking opportunities, and Innovations Showcase create an environment in which technology users, suppliers, and industry analysts can exchange perspectives.
That interaction matters. Some of the most valuable insights at industry events emerge when a manufacturing executive, logistics leader, and technology provider examine the same operational problem from different perspectives.
The ARC Forum is built to encourage those conversations.
Four Days to Challenge Assumptions and Build Connections
The forum opens Monday, February 22, with workshops and an evening welcome reception. Tuesday and Wednesday feature keynote presentations, executive discussions, and concurrent sessions covering industrial operations, AI, automation, and supply chain transformation. The program concludes Thursday, February 25.
The event will be held at the Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld, bringing participants together for four days of substantive discussion and professional engagement.
For organizations considering major investments in AI, automation, supply chain software, and industrial technology, the event offers an opportunity to challenge assumptions, compare approaches, discover emerging capabilities, and establish relationships with people confronting similar decisions.
It is also an opportunity to step outside the demands of daily execution and consider where industrial operations and supply chain management are heading.
We Hope to See You in Orlando
At Logistics Viewpoints, our goal has always been to connect developments in technology with their practical implications for supply chain professionals. The ARC Industry Leadership Forum provides an opportunity to extend those conversations beyond the articles, research, and analysis we share throughout the year.
If you are responsible for improving supply chain performance, evaluating AI and automation, modernizing execution systems, or preparing your organization for more intelligent operations, we encourage you to make plans to attend.
Come with your questions. Bring the operational challenges your organization is trying to solve. Engage with the practitioners, technology leaders, and ARC analysts who are working through many of the same issues.
The future of AI in supply chain management will not be determined solely by better predictions or more sophisticated algorithms. It will be determined by what organizations can actually execute.
That is the conversation we want to have in Orlando, and we hope you’ll be part of it.
Join us February 22–25, 2027, for the 31st Annual ARC Industry Leadership Forum.
Early registration rates are available through December 31, 2026.
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