Digital Future & Strategy

AI-NATIVE ENTERPRISE | RESEARCH SERIES #18 Enterprise Transformation · AI Operating Model · Agent Governance · Business Value · Executive Execution EXECUTIVE PERSPECTIVE An Enterprise Cannot Become AI-Native in 100 Days. But It Can Prove Whether Its AI Strategy Deserves to Scale. Enterprise AI has reached a point where technological demonstrations are no longer sufficient evidence of transformation. Foundation models can interpret complex information, AI agents can coordinate tasks across applications, and software platforms increasingly provide built-in intelligent capabilities. Yet the central management challenge remains unresolved for many organizations: how to turn these capabilities into repeatable business operations that improve measurable outcomes without weakening accountability, controls or economic discipline. An AI-native enterprise cannot be created simply by purchasing an agent platform or extending AI access across the workforce. It requi...

AI-NATIVE ENTERPRISE | RESEARCH SERIES #17 Smart Manufacturing · Digital Thread · Enterprise MDM · Industrial AI · Supply Chain Resilience EXECUTIVE PERSPECTIVE The Next Manufacturing Advantage Is Not an Autonomous Factory. It Is a Connected Decision System. Manufacturers have spent decades improving the performance of individual production assets, factory systems and enterprise applications. Industrial automation, manufacturing execution systems, enterprise resource planning and advanced analytics have all contributed to higher productivity and greater operational visibility. Artificial intelligence now introduces new opportunities for interpreting complex information, identifying operational relationships and coordinating decisions across previously disconnected processes. Yet the hardest manufacturing problems rarely remain confined to one machine or application. A supplier quality issue can affect material inventories, production schedules, finished-...