Supply chains are undergoing profound transformation.
At the centre of this evolution is agentic AI, a new generation of intelligent agents capable of acting autonomously, adapting in real time and delivering meaningful business outcomes without constant human input.
Unlike traditional automation or even basic AI models, agentic AI doesn’t just support decision-making – it drives it.
Here, Supply Chain Digital takes a look at the companies at the forefront of agentic AI innovation.
10. Deloitte
Founded: 1845
Headquarters: London, UK
Employees: 460,000
CEO: Joe Ucuzoglu
Zora AI is Deloitte’s digital workforce and is built on AI from NVIDIA.
It allows organisations to simplify enterprise operations, boost productivity and efficiency, and drive more confident decision making that unlocks business value, with the help of an ever-growing portfolio of specialised AI agents.
These agents augment the human workforce with extensive domain-specific intelligence, flexible technical architecture and built-in transparency to autonomously execute and analyse complex business processes.
9. Globality
Founded: 2015
Headquarters: Palo Alto, US
Employees: 200
CEO: Joel Hyatt
Globality’s Glo, the “most advanced AI agent in procurement”, represents a major leap forward in the way procurement teams approach pricing and proposal evaluation.
Glo provides a foundational layer of intuitive, real-time analytics, meaning procurement professionals can create interactive dashboards, visualisations and trend reports in seconds, ensuring smarter decisions at every step of the buying journey.
Meanwhile, its Pricing Insights feature leverages agentic architecture to provide immediate, actionable answers to pricing inquiries from procurement or business users.
8. Accenture
Founded: 1989
Headquarters: Dublin, Ireland
Employees: 774,000
CEO: Julie Sweet
In a bid to help organisations accelerate the adoption of agentic functionality and reimagine functions and industry processes, Accenture recently expanded its AI Refinery platform with the launch of an AI agent builder.
It means business users can rapidly build and customise agents, enabling unprecedented agility.
Accenture – with the help of NVIDIA – is also growing its collection of pre-configured industry agent solutions to help clients quickly scale networks of AI agents across the enterprise.
7. Tonkean
Founded: 2015
Headquarters: Palo Alto, US
Employees: ~100
CEO: Sagi Eliyahu
As procurement leaders navigate the agentic AI hype, Tonkean stands out thanks to its agentic orchestration capabilities for enterprise operations.
Tonkean Agentic Orchestration layers autonomous, collaborative, creative AI with deterministic rules-based automation – bringing together the best AI models to the back-office processes of enterprise.
The result is best-in-class user experience, dynamic interoperability with more than 200 prebuilt integrations and a robust governance framework that aligns processes to policy and keeps humans in control at critical junctures.
6. SAP
Founded: 1972
Headquarters: Walldorf, Germany
Employees: 112,000
CEO: Christian Klein
Hot off the press from SAP Sapphire, SAP has broadened the scope of its AI agent, Joule, positioning it as a pervasive assistant transcending traditional application landscapes.
In addition, the tech giant has expanded its suite of AI agents, each designed to function across various systems and business processes.
In the supply chain domain, three agents are set for release by Q4 2025: a Maintenance Planner Agent that adapts maintenance plans using real-time insights; a Shop Floor Supervisor Agent that responds to production issues; and a Field Service Dispatcher Agent that improves scheduling of service orders.
5. FourKites
Founded: 2014
Headquarters: Chicago, US
Employees: 500+
CEO: Matt Elenjickal
FourKites is harnessing the power of agentic AI through its pioneering Digital Workforce, which promises to bridge the analogue-digital divide.
Unlike traditional AI agents, these specialised digital colleagues deeply understand business operations and work alongside existing teams.
"These AI systems do much more than act as chatbots or automation tools," explains Priya Rajagopalan, President of Product, Technology and Operations at FourKites. "They can automatically resolve challenges such as detention issues and supplier delays.”
4. Kinaxis
Founded: 1984
Headquarters: Ottawa, Canada
Employees: 1,500+
CEO: Robert Courteau (interim)
Kinaxis’ latest update to its flagship platform, Maestro, introduced AI agents designed to help businesses monitor, predict and respond to supply chain challenges in real time.
These AI-driven tools automate critical processes such as inventory management and disruption mitigation, reducing manual effort and improving decision-making speed.
Kinaxis also unveiled an agentic AI framework that allows companies to develop custom AI agents within Maestro, allowing organisations to integrate AI into their supply chain processes without requiring extensive technical expertise.
3. Zycus
Founded: 1998
Headquarters: Princeton, US
Employees: 1,400
CEO: Aatish Dedhia
Zycus is at the forefront of agentic AI advancements, embedding it across the entire source-to-pay lifecycle and revolutionising how procurement teams operate.
Aatish Dedhia, Founder and CEO at Zycus, calls agentic AI a “game-changer, transforming procurement into a strategic enabler unlocking real value”.
From building one of the earliest AI-driven procurement solutions to creating the fully-integrated Merlin agentic AI-powered S2P suite, Zycus’ journey is about staying ahead of the curve and addressing the dynamic needs of its customers.
2. Blue Yonder
Founded: 1985
Headquarters: Scottsdale, US
Employees: 8,000
CEO: Duncan Angove
Blue Yonder has just launched five AI agents as part of its new Cognitive Solutions, as follows:
- Inventory Ops Agent
- Shelf Ops Agent
- Logistics Ops Agent
- Warehouse Ops Agent
- Network Ops Agent
Announced by CEO Duncan Angove at ICON 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee, the agents are designed to enable businesses to make decisions faster, operate with more precision and improve resilience in the face of ongoing global uncertainty.
They are built on more than two decades of AI and machine learning research.
1. Coupa
Founded: 2006
Headquarters: Foster City, US
Employees: 3,350
CEO: Leagh Turner
Coupa is leading the charge when it comes to agentic AI, having recently unveiled a multiagent AI portfolio of solutions.
The suite of solutions is packed full of new innovations that will enhance decision-making, streamline processes and boost productivity – giving teams more time for strategic work – along with powering faster insights and better outcomes.
"Coupa is transforming global trade by using multiagent AI capabilities to dynamically and autonomously match the needs of buyers and suppliers,” says Salvatore Lombardo, the company’s Chief Product and Technology Officer.
“Agentic AI will redefine our user experience, unlocking insights and amazing customer outcomes.”
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