Quantum Computing and Logistics in December 2025

In this unvarnished year-end assessment from December 30, 2025, the Qubit Value podcast tackles the logistics and supply chain sector, dismantling the hype that quantum computers are ready to optimize global distribution networks. The hosts expose the critical "input problem," where the time required to encode massive supply chain datasets into quantum states negates any computational speedup, and highlight that current hardware error rates of roughly 2% per step make running deep algorithms like QAOA impossible for real-world routing. The discussion clarifies that while "quantum-inspired" algorithms running on classical chips are delivering marginal gains, true quantum advantage is pushed to the late 2030s due to the crushing need for thousands of physical qubits to build just one error-free logical qubit.