BlueYonder

AUGUST 29, 2023

Having a disjointed view of inventory and customer data across both physical and online channels is no longer an option for retailers. Implementing an OMS effectively can provide significant value to your commerce outlook, offering a centralized platform for managing orders, inventory and fulfillment across the omni-channel landscape.

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BlueYonder

JULY 9, 2021

And what if I told you that port had a recent COVID-19 outbreak, leaving a backlog of over 160,000 40-foot containers, causing a domino effect on the entire shipping industry that might take a year to get sorted out? From ships waiting to dock in Guangdong to empty containers stockpiling in the U.S.,

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 29, 2021

ports have expanded their working hours, almost 200,000 shipping containers , with cargo worth more than USD 25 billion, remain on ships off the coast of Los Angeles as retailers scramble to ensure store shelves are stocked in time for the holiday season. While some critical U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 25, 2024

Some have automated, gateless check-in; some direct the drivers to check in with the shipping office. So, the parking spots are getting more and more occupied with drop trailers, meaning lot capacity shrinks while finding the trailer with the highest-priority inventory becomes even harder. Problem number one: they are all unique.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 14, 2024

These challenges involve grappling with extended lead times for parts inventory and navigating limitations in distribution center (DC) space. MBUSA is confronted with the task of creating highly precise forecasts and optimizing inventory levels, made more complex by the heightened volatility in demand.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 1, 2022

6-8, among many others, in an effort to sell off their excess inventory. During peak season, many retailers are challenged to provide customers with accurate promises due to stale inventory data that isn’t in-sync with the high volume of sales. Amazon hosted its Prime Early Access Sale from Oct. 24-Monday, Nov.

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BlueYonder

JULY 23, 2020

Blue Yonder’s Luminate Retail solutions offering now evolves to Luminate Commerce, encompassing all areas of the commerce experience including inventory, space, pricing, workforce and store operations. Luminate Commerce drives the conveniences modern consumers expect in order to remain loyal to a brand.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 31, 2021

Now, these organizations expect 3PLs to manage inventory and help optimize fulfillment. You did not plan to handle this amount of e-commerce volumes, you do not have experience in picking and small parcel shipping, and your consumers want same-day and next-day delivery. Competitive Edge. Luminate Control Tower for execution visibility.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 24, 2023

What is top of mind for them is what the impact is going to be after a disruption and can their operations ship the products to their customers on time. Can we get the supplies from an alternate source? Do we need to carry excess inventory? Can we expedite? Can we use premium freight? The same with Mercedes-Benz USA.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 19, 2022

Logistics planners can identify suppliers shipping out of the conflict area with deliveries at risk, positioning them to define alternative strategies. As we’ve all seen in the news coverage of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, conditions are changing minute-by-minute.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

And the threat of “rain” is a complex one, ranging from port closures and materials shortages to tariffs, natural disasters, and blocked shipping lanes. You can’t simply look up at the sky, assessing the cloud cover. Supply-side risk and disruptions are taking many forms.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 6, 2020

“where is my inventory,” and leverage ML-based recommendations to find alternate sources of supply and integrated execution capabilities to turn recommendations into alternate supply shipments. The collected data is also essential in helping to prepare for the next crisis.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The end-to-end logistics network represents a big investment for companies — as well as a key source of competitive advantage. Chris: Digitalizing the yard can maximize the return on just about every asset, from improved truck and inventory productivity to increased labor efficiency.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 26, 2017

These systems leverage cloud and machine learning but more generally analytics of all types to manage data coming from new and existing sources. Also, improvements in service performance will extend to delivery times, allocating inventory to high-priority orders, and faster new product introductions.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 11, 2021

Pfizer has chosen to work with logistics provider to ship vaccines directly from their plants (in Kalamazoo and Belgium) to the various states and specified DCs. Temperature control, such as Pfizer’s vaccine needing to be kept at -70C may/will present the need for local sources such as dry ice. So that is on the make side.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 23, 2015

All this is changing retailers’ thinking about a range of issues from inventory policies to fulfillment. They want to understand the source market—where it was made, the labor and other practices of the manufacturer, and so on. Free shipping or other trade promotional costs may be passed back to the supplier.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 17, 2023

What’s the real cost of inaccurate inventory management? IHL Services, a global research and advisory firm, estimates that inventory distortion — the combined cost of lost sales from out-of-stocks, along with the deep discounts required to sell overstocks — will drive a $1.77 trillion problem of inventory distortion.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 7, 2014

A few of the things I am able to recall are their dual source manufacturing, consolidating planning resources to India, using analytics to determine planning parameters; and an organizational restructuring. Sudhakar, co-founder of BigBasket.com, spoke about the challenges of shipping 100K items a day with a 99 percent fill rate.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 16, 2022

Source: The global economic outlook in five charts World Bank (World Bank 2022) [link]. Prolonged supply chain disruption and high energy costs have pushed inflation in advanced economies to levels not seen for a generation. And while the rates of inflation around the world differ by country, the trend is clear: global inflation has returned.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 7, 2014

SCN: Do crowd-sourced delivery options such as Uber or Deliv change the equation enough to make home delivery viable? The challenge becomes how reliable is the transportation mode you pick out of the crowd-sourcing pool. The same thing is going to happen with crowd-sourcing. Griswold: That a really good question.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 4, 2014

We all talk about markdown optimization and the importance of depleting inventory with the right markdown strategy to maximize profits. Rarely, if ever, do I pay for any type of expedited shipping and I have imparted that same mentality to my husband. Consumers are getting smarter about paying for shipping.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 7, 2015

Data sources that may be leveraged for this include demographic data, customer transactions, shipping information, local buzz and insights from research. The retailer now can proactively allocate inventory to various channels with a much higher level of accuracy than the competition. Transaction log data. Loyalty card data.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 8, 2019

That means more businesses will be honing their inventory types and levels to drive the right products closer to consumers for faster response times. From their social feeds to eCommerce, more customers are buying products right from the source. The Internet of Things (IOT) will reveal a new level of visibility across the supply chain.

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BlueYonder

MAY 16, 2018

Manufacturers’ and logistics providers’ supply chains are critical to meeting the customer promise of fast and accurate shipping. Cognitive analytics is overwhelmingly viewed as the most disruptive technology by executives for its ability to impact all parts of the supply chain – be it forecasting, fleet routing or inventory optimization.

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BlueYonder

MAY 16, 2018

Manufacturers’ and logistics providers’ supply chains are critical to meeting the customer promise of fast and accurate shipping. Cognitive analytics is overwhelmingly viewed as the most disruptive technology by executives for its ability to impact all parts of the supply chain – be it forecasting, fleet routing or inventory optimization.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Inventory Processing and Order Management Efficiency Has Become a “Make” or “Break” Issue One of the main challenges WD&M faces is transforming away from legacy approaches to inventory processing and order orchestration, as well as moving toward solutions primed to handle omni-channel. The result? So, what’s the solution?

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 26, 2023

Everything from real-time inventory availability to a single source of truth for managing orders to delivering a variety of fulfillment options are table-stakes today. Ensuring an Accurate Inventory Picture I’ll give you a perfect example of why it’s important to understand inventory across the enterprise.

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BlueYonder

JULY 29, 2021

While customers expect the online shopping and order fulfillment process to be efficient and accurate, they often experience out of stocks, flakey delivery dates, shipping delays, and early arrivals resulting in poor customer experiences. Customers have come to expect 3-day shipping or BOPIS in 2-4 hours to mean just that.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

They implemented buy online pick up in store (BOPIS), curbside pickup, and ship from local store, and many manufacturers moved to a direct-to-consumer model through online stores to support the needs of consumers and stay relevant as shopping patterns changed.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Given this shift in consumer behavior, it has become important for retailers to offer the best inventory and sourcing information to shoppers. And lastly, all of this requires a single source of truth for all orders. This is where solutions from Blue Yonder can make a world of difference.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Intelligent Order Routing Wholesale distributors and manufacturers can leverage Blue Yonder’s AI capabilities to optimize order routing based on factors such as inventory availability, proximity to distribution centers, and customer preferences.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 29, 2022

With bottlenecks at ports and delays across transportation networks, uneven inventory due to factory shutdowns, labor shortages and high customer expectations, how are hardline retailers supposed to thrive? With accurate inventory, they have been able to enhance their BOPIS, ship from store, and same day delivery offerings.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 31, 2022

2020 and 2021 saw retailers scrambling to meet increasing omni-channel demand via a range of new order-fulfillment and product-sourcing strategies such as curbside pickup and ship-to-store. million margin improvement from more effective inventory management, and a $1.4 The Power of Real-Time, Data-Driven Decision-Making.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

CPG companies massively reduced assortments to simplify sourcing, production and distribution. The consensus is that supply chain practices with over reliance on just-in-time flows, cost-focused strategic sourcing practices and limited risk modeling exposed big rocks. . Supply chain performance went for a toss and costs sky rocketed.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 13, 2022

It’s also hardly a revelation that retailers have responded by rethinking their strategies around inventory management and fulfillment options. Additionally with marketplaces, companies need to also offer drop shipping so they can get goods into the hands of all B2C consumers.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Traditionally, labor costs run between 20 – 35% of gross revenue, higher than any other expense including inventory. A significant portion of in-store operations now centers around supporting store fulfillment activities such as buy-online-pickup-in-store (BOPIS), curbside pick-up, ship from/to store, and same-day delivery/last mile.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 14, 2020

Are those designing your launch vehicle (network design, factory planning) communicating directly with flight planners (transportation planning) on projected transportation time and cost impacts of various network layout and materials sourcing options? Reduce network inventory by 15%-40%. The proof is in the results.

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