The obvious benefit of IoT in the supply chain is that it will help automate many things. IoT alone, however, won't be beneficial as IoT needs AI to act as an intelligent machine – one that can learn from the data it collects, make interpretations, and decide the next course of action, just like humans do. AI needs the ability of a machine or software to perform a pre-programmed task repetitively, but with efficiencies many times higher than a human i.e. RPA. The combination of these three factors is set to power the digital enterprises of the future.