Inspectorio at Febratex 2026

AI in the Supply Chain: What the World Is Doing and Where Brazil Can Lead

Inspectorio is speaking at Febratex 2026 with a session on how AI-powered production intelligence is reshaping brand-supplier collaboration globally and where Brazil is positioned to lead that shift, not just adopt it. Meet our team in Blumenau and talk through what this means for your supply chain.

Catch Us on Stage

IA no supply chain: o que o mundo faz e onde o Brasil pode liderar
Tuesday, August 18 · 7:30 PM – 7:55 PM (25 minutes)
Knowledge Arena – Mezzanine, Sector 03

Brand-supplier relationships are among the most complex in business — built over years on shared trust, aligned incentives, and the ability to move together when conditions shift. Right now, conditions are shifting fast. Rising input costs, trade flow disruption, geopolitical uncertainty, and compressed timelines are testing every supply chain.

Most brands still make sourcing and quality decisions on partial data: cost in one system, supplier performance in another, compliance evidence in a third. When teams work from different versions of the same supplier base, they react late. Brands navigating this well treat the production network as a single operating system — and use AI to turn network activity into intelligence their teams can actually act on.

This session explores how AI-powered production intelligence is reshaping brand-supplier collaboration globally, and where Brazil is positioned to set the standard. The session is co-hosted with FarmRio.

What the Session Covers

• Fragmented supplier data. How fragmentation drives late pivots, markdown pressure, and compliance exposure: the mechanism behind the problem.
• From oversight to shared operating intelligence. How AI shifts brand-supplier relationships from reactive coordination to proactive partnership.
• Embedding technology into performance and quality decisions. How to integrate supplier performance and quality decisions with real-time data support.
• From episodic audits to continuous engagement. Moving to a continuous, tiered supplier engagement model at scale.
• Why Brazil can lead. Brazil has the supplier base, the scale, and the ambition to lead the global AI shift in supply chain — not just follow it.

Our session is just one part of the week. Antonio and Caique will be at Febratex from August 18–21, available to meet and talk through what AI-powered production intelligence could look like for your supply chain.