AI IN PROCUREMENT

Value of global procurement software market in 2024

Source: Fairmarkit

Things sensors, GPS tracking and advanced analytics to provide complete supply chain transparency. This system monitors product details, quantities, temperature conditions and delivery status throughout transport, maintaining food safety and quality standards at each stage.

Upon arrival at McDonald’ s locations, digital inventory management systems track stock quantities and expiration dates in real-time. This intelligent monitoring reduces food safety hazards whilst minimising waste through optimised inventory control.

Predictive analytics also helps McDonald’ s anticipate and mitigate supply chain risks. Its enterprise risk framework explicitly emphasises using solutions to“ develop and deploy technologies to enhance our understanding of potential risks – allowing us to make more timely decisions and activate contingencies”.

In other words, McDonald’ s systems crunch live data on market conditions, ingredient prices, transportation and weather to flag disruptions early.

The company’ s global supply chain organisation has a“ comprehensive strategy leveraged to identify, assess and manage risk in its supply chain.”

For example, during geopolitical upheavals or major global events such as the COVID-19 pandemic, analytics platforms have been used to reroute orders, switch suppliers or reformulate menus on the fly. Corporate planning also integrates supplier compliance data like food safety or labour audits and external risk signals into predictive dashboards.

90 August 2025