2.5 Internal logistics Internal logistics today is constrained by forklift- centric movement, fixed routing and manual dispatching. Material flows fail to absorb production variability, leading to idle time, energy waste and congestions. Limited connectivity across systems restricts visibility and flow efficiency across the shop floor. The future is connected and autonomous intralogistics – where self-managing, real-time adaptive flows orchestrate materials dynamically, enabling agile, energy-efficient and circular factory networks. AI-orchestrated intralogistics THEME 1 Evolutions of themes Enable AI-driven orchestration of internal logistics assets – such as autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), automated guided vehicles (AGVs), conveyors and cranes – creating synchronized, responsive, energy-aware material flows aligned to production demand. Intralogistics lead time Resource utilizationAutomated but isolated logistics — AMRs and AGVs use onboard sensors (e.g. LIDAR, vision) for local navigation. — Fleets are centrally controlled but siloed with limited awareness of plant-wide traffic or demand fluctuations. — Automation improves safety and task execution, but material flows remain fragmented and reactive.AI-connected, predictive logistics — Agentic AI coordinates robots, conveyors and cranes across facilities through shared digital twins. — Demand and floor data enable predictive routing, dynamic load balancing and congestion avoidance. — Assets act as “logistics agents”, adjusting routes and priorities while operators supervise end-to-end flow.Self-optimizing logistics networks — Physical AI matures from task-level autonomy to goal-driven logistics systems, where embodied robots learn, reason and coordinate at a network level. — Assets self-organize into adaptive networks, dynamically reconfiguring routes, roles and flows based on demand, energy constraints and disruptions without human orchestration.NOW (0-2 years) NEAR (3-5 years) NEXT (5+ years) Objectives INTERNAL LOGISTICS Intelligent Industrial Operations Outlook 2026 24