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A cloud based supply chain with AI delivers measurable results
Modern enterprise supply chains require enormous amounts of data—and they involve complex and wide-reaching processes. Achieving the flexibility and scalability required to move at digital speed is no simple task.
AI can change the equation, but it’s suboptimal and in many cases not feasible for organizations to simply drop it atop a tangle of legacy hardware and software applications. The solution? A clean core that can connect data and processes across various corners of an enterprise and extends that visibility to the external networks and providers that they interact with.
At Oracle AI World 2025, speakers from two leading organizations joined PwC to discuss digital transformations that modernized their platform, automate processes and establish a clean data flow that allowed for the accelerated and optimized AI powered supply chain that takes efficiency, analytics and automated execution to the next level.
Why clean data and a clean core are prerequisites for AI
As business has become more complex, and supply chains have become a global interconnected network, the ability to move fast, scale quickly and react instantly on good information is imperative.
PwC’s 28th Annual Global CEO Survey found that only 47% of business leaders plan to systematically embed AI into technology platforms and 41% into business processes and workflows over the next three years. For half, this represents a path to improved performance and profits. For the other half, it’s a missed opportunity.
Oracle Cloud with AI Agent Studio establishes that clean core organizations require. It allows organizations to connect diverse elements—financials, procurement, operations, commerce, and fulfillment—at scale. PwC and Oracle together design supply chain systems to take advantage of AI agents that usher in greater operational improvements.
How Oracle Cloud and AI agents enable supply chain transformation
A packaging, print and facility solutions provider adopted a phased migration from legacy systems and hardware to the cloud. The challenge? Connecting 100 warehouses and integrating acquisitions. Their Director of IT explained that the first step was to fix the data—which included standardizing critical attributes and assigning business owners and processes to ensure data maintenance is a critical function going forward.
The company introduced a training chatbot and began building AI into its pipeline—including a supplier portal agent, automated AP invoice recognition, and a planning advisor. Core modules went live in a phased sequence, and users are leveraging AI capabilities daily.
A global manufacturer of physical infrastructure for factories and data centers faced a different challenge. It needed to step away from a late 1980s highly-customized version of Oracle EBS. It was expensive to run, unable to meet the needed business flexibility, and riddled with inefficiencies.
It moved ERP, SCM, OTM, WMS, CPQ, EPM to an all-Oracle cloud stack. A single core system, fewer customizations, and clean and connected data positioned them to use AI for automation and smarter production scheduling.
Putting AI at the center of modern supply chains
The panelists mentioned several key focus areas for companies looking to modernize supply chain technology.
Establish a clean core. Business-owned data governance, a single system of record per attribute, and an effective data conversion framework are imperative.
Focus on self-service suppliers that generate fewer tickets. Use a supplier portal agent to automate routine tasks, including onboarding, FAQs, and change requests.
Deploy AI invoice recognition to trim touchpoints, improve reliability, and reduce exception handling.
Build a planning advisor AI agent that can detect key signals and anomalies for improved forecasting and replenishment.
Adopt quickly and avoid heavy customization.
Seamlessly integrating AI into today’s complex supply chains requires more than a bolt-on approach. A clean core in the cloud illuminates a path to a smarter business framework. PwC and Oracle can help you unlock the power of AI. Email the author to find out how.
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