1. Companies mean different things by the term For some companies, it means replacing manual, paper and pencil processes with digital data and process support. For some companies it means using autonomous mobile robots and other forms of robotics in their supply chain. For some, it means applying machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to supply chain Big Data. And for some, it means getting better digital data to support an end to end supply chain involving multiple tiers of a company’s supply chain. 2. If a company is focused on digital projects designed to substitute manual processes that exist inside the four walls of the enterprise, that company’s digital and supply chain efforts are immature. For example, putting a warehouse management system in to replace paper and pencil data in the warehouse would be a limited form of digitization. It is something companies should have done years ago. 3. However, if jumping on the digital bandwagon allows supply c