Engineer AI Into the Decision: Optimization, Intelligence, and Autonomy

The logistics AI discussion is moving past the question of whether the technology works. The more important question is where the intelligence belongs, what decision it is supposed to improve, and how much authority the system should have when it gets there.
The strategic question is no longer whether AI belongs in the logistics. It is where intelligence should sit in the system and what authority it should have. The distinction made in Decision Intelligence in 2026 is central here: AI should be