The food supply chain is complex. Products move through a tightly orchestrated ecosystem of farms, processors, warehouses, and retailers. If one step falters, the results can ripple fast, leading to lost product freshness, wasted inventory, and unsatisfied customers. Despite massive investments in automation, many food logistics operations still operate in a reactive mode. Workers are overloaded, data sits in silos, and decisions are made long after problems begin. That is where artificial intelligence (AI) is making its mark, helping operations move from managing crises and fighting fires to orchestrating flow that protects freshness, compliance, and efficiency.