Most organizations today have plenty of automation - but not enough coordination. Individual bots and tools can handle repetitive work in isolated pockets, yet they don’t talk to one another. And that gap is costly. Instead of reacting to market signals in seconds, many enterprises still take days.
In Episode 3 of the Fujitsu impact series, Nicholas Lee, Executive Director of Data & AI at Fujitsu, sits down with guest speaker Linus Lai, Group VP at IDC, to explore a new way forward: Agentic AI and Digital Co-workers.
These aren’t simple bots. They’re intelligent agents that can reason, collaborate with humans, and orchestrate end-to-end workflows across an entire business.
Organizations hesitate to deploy AI in high-stakes environments because they cannot reliably explain, audit, or defend automated decisions.
And according to IDC, the organizations that get human-AI collaboration right could see up to 15% higher operating margins by 2029 compared to those who rely on automation alone(4).
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IDC FutureScape 2026 Predictions Reveal the Rise of Agentic AI and a Turning Point in Enterprise Transformation
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The Future of Jobs Report 2025, World Economic Forum
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IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Future of Work 2026 Predictions (# US53859325)
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IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Future of Work 2026 Predictions.
This episode shares real world insights from customer conversations and IDC’s market perspectives. You’ll discover how Digital Co-workers help enterprises shift from constant firefighting to a proactive, synchronized, and resilient operating model.
Access the recording below for the full episode to learn how humans and digital co-workers need to team up to transform the enterprise
This episode is designed for leaders who are building the next generation of enterprise operations, including: C-Suite Executives driving digital transformation, Supply Chain and Operations Leaders, AI, Data, and Automation Strategists. If you’re looking to strengthen resilience, speed up decision-making, and unlock measurable value with AI, this session is for you.
“Automation is very fragmented — you build ‘if‑then‑do’ tasks. Agentic orchestration is different: think of it as living, breathing digital agents that understand your business, monitor, move data and coordinate across systems while humans focus on judgement, trade‑offs and accountability.”
Nicholas Lee, Executive Director of Data & AI at Fujitsu
You have two great options depending on how quickly you want to dive in:
The White Paper: A comprehensive blueprint for designing, deploying, and scaling Agentic AI orchestration across your enterprise.
The Infographic: A quick, visual summary of the key insights.
Why Orchestration Beats Automation: Moving from isolated tasks to cross functional outcomes.
The Power of Digital Co-workers: They reason, coordinate, and accelerate enterprise execution.
Trust is Built In: With Explainable AI (XAI), governance, and human oversight at every step.
Real-World Impact: How leaders like Panasonic Electric Works are already seeing gains in resilience and efficiency.
Group Vice President, Services, IDC Asia/Pacific
Executive Director, Data x AI, and CEO Fujitsu Intelligence
MODERATOR
Global Thought Leadership Evangelist
Agentic AI is reshaping how enterprises operate. As global supply chains face rising complexity and talent shortages, traditional automation can no longer keep pace. This white paper explains how Agentic AI Orchestration - using shared data models, specialized AI agents, and human oversight - creates a new operating model where digital co workers support and enhance human teams.
Discover how orchestrated AI delivers faster decisions, higher resilience, and measurable business outcomes, from 50% efficiency gains to million dollars annual savings. Learn why leading organizations are shifting from siloed automation to coordinated, cross functional AI workflows, and how to build a transparent, auditable, and scalable AI workforce. This paper offers a practical blueprint for leaders ready to operationalize AI safely, ethically, and at enterprise scale.
Agentic AI Orchestration is redefining enterprise performance. This infographic highlights how organizations can move beyond siloed automation to a coordinated AI approach that connects data, context, and decision-making across the business. It visualizes the shift from static rules to goal-oriented, adaptive multi agent systems, shows how digital co workers boost resilience and productivity, and outlines real world results such as 50% efficiency gains, million dollar savings, and faster crisis response.
You’ll see the core building blocks - semantic data layers, specialized AI agents, explainable AI, and human in the loop oversight - brought to life in a clear, actionable format. Designed for leaders navigating complexity, skills shortages, and rising operational pressure, this infographic demonstrates how orchestrated AI workflows unlock agility, reduce friction, and deliver measurable business value.
Disconnected systems, legacy data, and limited visibility are common challenges slowing down modern manufacturing. Fujitsu offers powerful AI-agent-driven operational transformation. We convert production supply chains into fully connected, intelligent ecosystems with AI agents leading to significant annual savings, eliminated stockouts, and immediate inventory visibility for a more efficient and effective business.
AI orchestration coordinates multiple intelligent agents “digital co‑workers across end‑to‑end workflows, whereas task automation handles isolated steps in silos. Orchestration shifts outcomes from local to cross‑functional execution.
As enterprises face rising complexity, skills gaps, and supply‑chain volatility, AI orchestration helps teams move from firefighting to proactive, synchronized operations. AI orchestration speeds up decision-making and ensures higher resilience.
IDC finds that companies getting human–AI collaboration right are on track for up to a 15% margin increase by 2029, with current examples showing about 50% efficiency gains and annual savings in the millions.
Digital co‑workers track signals, interpret context, suggest next steps, and coordinate tasks. Humans monitor agent performance, manage exceptions, and provide final approval on high-stakes actions.
By connecting planning, procurement, and execution with agentic workflows to cut friction, reduce stockouts, and improve inventory visibility for faster, coordinated responses.
A common semantic data layer, AI agents designed for specific tasks, clear and explainable AI (XAI), and governance built in from the start with humans always in control are the core building blocks of agentic AI.
AI Orchestration enables manufacturers to synchronize planning, production, supply chain, and quality processes so decisions are explainable, accountable, and reliable in environments where downtime, defects, or safety incidents carry immediate financial and operational impact.
With Fujitsu AI, you can confidently deploy and leverage AI across your business, ensuring better decisions and stronger operations without compromising data sovereignty, security, or control.
Designed for enterprise use, our AI leverages industry expertise and partner technologies to deliver full explainability, robust governance, and strong security. This enables safe and reliable AI deployment in critical,regulated environments. Trust our practical, secure, and transparent AI toaccelerate innovation with confidence in every decision.
