BlueYonder

APRIL 14, 2025

A significant point of concern is the dependency on single-sourced components, which poses considerable risks. This reliance necessitates a reevaluation of sourcing strategies and the development of contingency plans to ensure continuity of supply.

Supply Chain Planning Software 87

Supply Chain Planning Software Sourcing Strategies Optimal Sourcing Inventory Reduction 87

BlueYonder

MAY 6, 2025

The Blue Yonder network includes over 1,600 TMS carriers and extends across multiple enterprises and tiers in a supply chain, creating a single source of truth across planning and execution and across multiple parties and tiers. The core of which is omni-inventory and omni-demand.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 82

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Modeling Sourcing Strategies Supply Chain Planning Software 82

BlueYonder

MARCH 11, 2025

A rise in nearshoring and away from single-source dependency The pandemic was a wake-up call that exposed the fragility of globally interconnected supply chains and the risks of over-reliance on distant suppliers and single-source strategies. 3 long term changes to the supply chain 1.

Supply Chain Planning Software 87

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Sourcing Strategies Modeling 87

BlueYonder

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Following on the heels of COVID-19, port closures, labor shortages and geopolitical conflict, climate change-related events are emerging as a significant source of supply chain disruption. The post Climate Change: Yet Another Source of Global Supply Chain Risk and Disruption appeared first on Supply Chain Nation.

Optimal Sourcing 98

Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Planning Software Sourcing Supply Chain Optimization 98

BlueYonder

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Across its nearly 200 markets, HEINEKEN needs to use a common data source and planning platform, apply the same standardized processes, ensure the same analytic rigor and achieve consistent financial results. They explored how AI can improve forecasting and decision-making, reducing inventory and lead times.

Gartner 119

Gartner Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Planning Scenario Planning 119

BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The only way to manage these changes profitably is to become aware of them at the earliest opportunity, by using software to ingest and analyze real-time data from across the supply chain as well as external sources like social media, news and weather. What if a sudden high-priority customer order comes in and inventory is scarce?

Supply Chain Planning Software 91

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Network Software 91

BlueYonder

OCTOBER 31, 2024

New scope of managed services brings new challenges for LSPs The scope of managed service is expanding from transportation to other supply chain services including inventory management, demand forecasting, supplier management, raw material sourcing, robotics, and supply chain and transportation modeling.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 127

Logistics Network Optimization Software Modeling Optimal Sourcing Logistics 127

BlueYonder

AUGUST 6, 2024

In Part 2, we dive in further into five critical areas of this subject including field inventory, customer centricity, regulations, contract manufacturers, and business planning. Consignment inventory is consigned to medical offices, hospitals, or even patient homes.

Optimal Sourcing 119

Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Planning Software Modeling Supply Chain Optimization 119

BlueYonder

MAY 6, 2025

Superior cost efficiency Reduce inventory waste, maximize labor and warehouse ROI, and surface opportunities to lower your total cost to serve. Common data cloud & platform Connect every corner of your supply chain with a single source of truth. Ready to dive deeper?

Optimal Sourcing 78

Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Scenario Planning 78

BlueYonder

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Manufacturers and retailers must create accurate demand forecasts, get the right inventory in the right place, and line up labor, trucks and other assets. Achieving profitable, dynamic inventory optimization Huge holiday order volumes are fantastic. What does all that mean for your business?

Optimal Sourcing 52

Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Planning Software Forecasting Software Optimization Software 52

BlueYonder

MAY 1, 2025

While the past focus was primarily on minimizing supply chain costs in a global free-trade environment, todays supply chain leaders must prioritize flexibility, build in additional redundancies, and create strategic sourcing options for rare materials, components, and technologies.

Just-in-Time 52

Just-in-Time Price Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies Inventory Reduction 52

BlueYonder

JUNE 17, 2025

If there’s a supply shortfall, new sources of supply must be found. All affected partners explore solutions, from alternative transportation modes to new sources of inventory. The truth is that most disruptions can’t be solved optimally by a linear CPG supply chain that lacks network-wide connectivity and collaboration.

Supply Chain Network Software 52

Supply Chain Network Software Network Optimization Optimal Sourcing Real-time Visibility 52

BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

It was all about companies trying to go into countries that had low-cost sourcing capabilities, as well as to capture new market. The main challenges that companies are facing, at least in the last two years, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, come from the multi-tier sourcing, which requires long lead times in the supply network.

Manufacturing Procurement 141

Manufacturing Procurement Material Savings Inventory Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies 141

BlueYonder

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The IDC MarketScape looked at whether the applications could support profitable decision-making, enhance both the pre- and post-purchase customer experience, position inventory accurately, and optimize the in-store experience. The IDC MarketScape report on Order Orchestration and Fulfillment evaluates 14 software vendors in this area.

Optimal Sourcing 123

Optimal Sourcing Procurement Analytics Predictive Analytics Software Supply Chain Planning Software 123

BlueYonder

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The upshots of misjudging inventory levels range from delaying production cycles, to risking availability to the end customer, to creating waste and damaging both capacity and environmental targets, to simply harming profits. Disruption is officially now a norm, making demand planning and forecasting, in particular, very difficult.

Optimal Sourcing 80

Optimal Sourcing Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Predictive Analytics Software 80

BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

One arrow showed the flow of customer demand from the source to the supplier, while the other showed the flow of goods from the supplier to the customer. A modern supply chain is more than the efficient movement of optimized inventory downstream to meet forecasted customer demand. And completely the opposite of reality.

Supply Chain Planning Software 120

Supply Chain Planning Software Modeling Supply and Demand Supply Chain Design Software 120

BlueYonder

AUGUST 20, 2024

Retailers must ensure that product information, pricing, inventory levels, and returns processes are consistent across all platforms. Inventory visibility and control Real-time inventory visibility is an essential cornerstone of peak seasons. If done well, 94% of consumers would repurchase if the returns process is easy.

Sourcing Strategies 115

Sourcing Strategies Inventory Reduction Price Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies 115

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?

Manufacturing Procurement 105

Manufacturing Procurement Optimal Sourcing Real-time Visibility Demand Planning Software 105

BlueYonder

DECEMBER 16, 2024

This methodology proves too slow to adjust to large volumes of supply chain exceptions where planners lack confidence in their plans efficacy from a logistics perspective, and transportation users do not have visibility of their adjustments impact on inventory and capacity.

Supply Chain Planning Software 65

Supply Chain Planning Software Prescriptive Analytics Software Supply Chain Software Modeling 65

BlueYonder

JUNE 18, 2025

Command centers offer four key advantages over traditional control towers: Focus on action, not just visibility.Unlike traditional systems that rely on integrations, a modern command center taps into network data on inventories and capacities, supply and demand imbalances, across the nodes of the extended supply chain.

Real-time Visibility 52

Real-time Visibility Meeting Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software 52

BlueYonder

MAY 29, 2025

If they forecast too high, automakers end up with incredibly expensive, heavy component inventories on hand that require special handling and storage. Worse, that inventory is aging quickly, as battery innovation picks up speed. Raw material supply forecasts, production capacities and supplier availability are the main constraints.

Modeling 52

Modeling Demand Planning Software Supply and Demand Manufacturing Procurement 52

BlueYonder

APRIL 23, 2025

Powered by the Blue Yonder platform, the demand and inventory planning solutions evaluate and integrate evolving demand trends and supply availability, enabling a collaborative balance of planning for optimal efficiency, high service levels and increased resilience.

Supply Chain Planning Software 76

Supply Chain Planning Software Gartner Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning 76

BlueYonder

JUNE 23, 2025

Leaders in logistics today: there are pressures to reduce labor costs, exceed service levels, balance inventory in the right locations to match demand, collaborate with suppliers and carriers, and connect all your decisions among your operations. When another disruption hits—tariffs, weather, fires, recalls—the teams are left reacting again.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 52

Logistics Network Optimization Software Optimal Sourcing Waste Reduction Modeling 52

BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In every role inventory availability and protecting the company’s assets was always critical. is a contributing factor, inaccurate inventory management process and systems remain a big driver of the out-of-stock problem globally. in the first quarter – primarily from inventory shrink. While increasing retail theft in the U.S.

Retail 125

Retail Inventory Reduction Real-time Visibility Supply Chain Design Software 125

BlueYonder

MAY 15, 2025

Shoppers expect fresh, high-quality products and full transparency into how those products are sourced, handled and delivered. Meanwhile, grocers are under increasing pressure to manage tighter inventory turnover, minimize waste, handle time-sensitive products and respond instantly to recalls all while meeting growing regulatory demands.

Waste Reduction 40

Waste Reduction Optimal Sourcing Inventory Reduction Real-time Visibility 40

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.

Retail 114

Retail Real-time Visibility Purchasing Skills Procurement Analytics 114

BlueYonder

AUGUST 28, 2023

The world’s supply chains have been stalled by challenges like labor capacity, imperfect inventory positioning, unpredictable supply, rising costs, and prolonged fulfillment times. They need to source products from the most cost-effective, reliable suppliers, then store them as close to the final customer as possible.

Optimal Sourcing 97

Optimal Sourcing Data Inventory Management Software Analytics Software 97

BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The domain business services are, for example, order, inventory, load building forecast, cross stock, and flow through. We are now able to, for instance, for your warehouse solution, add two microservices, one for inventory availability and the other for decisioning around where you should source inventory from.

Supply Chain Planning Software 124

Supply Chain Planning Software Optimization Software Predictive Analytics Software Supply Chain Performance 124

BlueYonder

OCTOBER 21, 2024

This goes beyond simply working together; it’s about having a real-time, single source of truth that breaks down operational silos and enables departments and businesses to act cohesively. The low-tech approach to combat inventory uncertainty is by simply over-investing in inventory. In the U.S.

Supply Chain Planning Software 101

Supply Chain Planning Software Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Software Waste Reduction 101

BlueYonder

MAY 13, 2025

Our warehouse management solutions have been instrumental in enhancing operational efficiency and inventory accuracy across various industries by offering real-time visibility and automation capabilities. Learn how Seedcom is streamlining its processes and optimizing inventory to support its daily operations.

Gartner 52

Gartner Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Optimization Software 52

BlueYonder

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Blue Yonder’s inventory availability microservice gives them a view of real-time inventory availability at enterprise and local levels to make real-time sourcing and order promising decisions that incent customers to buy. Let’s unpack the capabilities provided through the inventory availability microservice.

Real-time Visibility 52

Real-time Visibility Inventory Reduction Inventory Procurement Solutions 52

BlueYonder

JANUARY 29, 2024

Review the report to learn about the latest market trends and why Blue Yonder was recognized as a Representative Vendor.

Gartner 116

Gartner Optimal Sourcing Distribution Supply Chain Design Software 116

BlueYonder

JANUARY 22, 2024

The wholesale distribution business model has always been a challenging one, characterized by large product inventories, multiple trading partners, high transaction volumes, and cost-intensive logistics. It’s nearly impossible to re-allocate inventory in the most strategic, profitable way on the fly using manual processes.

Distribution 118

Distribution Inventory Reduction Supply Chain Planning Software Cost Reduction Strategies 118

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.

Retail 93

Retail Optimal Sourcing Real-time Visibility Supply Chain Software 93

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.

Inventory Reduction 52

Inventory Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies Optimal Sourcing Purchasing Skills 52

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.

Optimal Sourcing 95

Optimal Sourcing Sourcing Strategies Retail Just-in-Time 95

BlueYonder

APRIL 9, 2024

This includes demand planning, volume assessments at a granular level, knowing where best to source from to meet omni-channel demand, where to then position inventory based on known demand and where customers are located, and, of course, how best to then fulfill orders and to optimize the last mile.

Optimal Sourcing 122

Optimal Sourcing Sustainability Material Savings Waste Reduction 122