AI for Supply Chain Management: Disruptive Innovation or Innovative Disruption?

This article examines the theoretical and practical implications of artificial intelligence (AI) integration in supply chain management (SCM). AI has developed dramatically recent years, embodied by newest generation large language models (LLM) that exhibit human-like capabilities various domains. However, SCM as a discipline seems unprepared for this potential revolution, existing perspectives do not capture disruption offered tools. Moreover, is only technical but also social process, influenced human sensemaking interpretation systems. offers novel lens called Integration (AII) framework, which considers two key dimensions: level across role decision-making. It incorporates meaning-making an overlaying factor shapes dynamics. The demonstrates different ways integrating will lead to kinds disruptions, both theory practice. discusses theorizing practice, highlighting need cross-disciplinary collaboration sociotechnical perspectives.