The Agentic Supply Chain: Entering a new era in AI in Supply Chain Management
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Call for Papers
The Agentic Supply Chain: Entering a new era in AI in Supply Chain Management
Journal- International Journal of Production Research
Publisher - Taylor & Francis
Manuscript deadline: 30 June 2026
The International Journal of Production Research invites submissions for a special issue on agentic AI in supply chain management, focusing on how autonomous AI systems are reshaping planning, coordination, negotiation, and decision-making across supply networks.
Special Issue Editors
Alexandra Brintrup [Managing Guest Editor], University of Cambridge, UK
Thomas Choi, Arizona State University, USA
George Huang, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong China
Dmitry Ivanov, Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany
Scope and Themes
This special issue explores the rise of agentic Large Language Models (LLMs) and their role in supply chains. The call highlights the shift from earlier multi-agent systems, which were often hard to scale and implement, toward newer agentic AI systems that can reason, plan, negotiate, and act using natural language and tool access. It welcomes research on technical, analytical, experimental, qualitative, and mixed-method approaches with practical, managerial, and policy relevance.
Possible topics include:
Risk and disruption management.
Logistics, routing, inventory, demand forecasting, warehouse planning, and cash flow prediction.
Supply network design, supplier relationships, digital twins, sustainability, circular supply chains, visibility, and supply chain finance.
Interorganizational multi-agent negotiation and coordination, including privacy-preserving communication.
Hybrid systems combining agentic AI with blockchain, IoT, Omniverse, and traditional multi-agent systems.
Governance, trustworthiness, safety, centralization versus decentralization, and human-in-the-loop systems.
Technical challenges such as hallucinations, long-horizon reasoning, performance evaluation, ablation analysis, back testing, and sensitivity analysis.
Why it matters
The call emphasizes that academic research on agentic supply chains is still emerging, while industry players such as large multinational corporations and supply chain software providers are already experimenting with these systems. The editors are seeking work that not only advances theory but also addresses real-world implementation issues, system-scale consequences, and the limits of autonomous decision-making in uncertain environments.
Submission Information
Manuscripts should be prepared according to the journal’s author guidelines and submitted through the International Journal of Production Research submission portal. The deadline for this special issue is 30 June 2026.
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