BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Smart factories, smart warehouses and smart transportation are becoming a reality as manufacturers invest in technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), Internet of Things (IoT), robotics and more. Source: JDA Intelligent Manufacturing Survey. Source: JDA Intelligent Manufacturing Survey.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Technology is disrupting the manufacturing industry, and with any type of change, comes opportunity. ChainLink Research recently released two reports about how digital technology is affecting today’s manufacturers. The first report, Digital Displacement , explores how these digital advancements are impacting manufacturers’ products.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 7, 2023

How to transform your supply chain (without waiting for your ERP to recover) Wholesale distribution and manufacturing (WD&M) has entered a new era where agility, speed and accuracy are no longer nice-to-haves, but rather uncompromising must-haves for meeting the new omni-channel B2B customer expectation.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 13, 2023

ICON 2023 is Blue Yonder’s annual customer conference and premier supply chain event, where practitioners and decision-makers exchange insights about their transformation journeys If you are in the manufacturing field, why should you attend this year’s event? Terence: Why should manufacturing companies attend ICON?

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 29, 2024

Retailers, manufacturers and logistics providers are facing pressure from both the supply and demand sides of their businesses. As a Representative Vendor in the latest Gartner ® Market Guide for Distributed Order Management Systems, Blue Yonder is excited to be recognized for our Distributed Order Management system.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 10, 2023

The following are insights gained from my discussion with Shri Hariharan , who leads Blue Yonder’s Consumer Manufacturing Industry Strategy, during a recent Blue Yonder Live. Continuing with identification of alternate sources with the sourcing transformation. Integrated planning is a hot topic.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Puneet Saxena, Corporate Vice President of Manufacturing Industry Strategy at Blue Yonder, kicked off proceedings by welcoming attendees and setting the stage for the speakers and the panel discussion that were to follow. This year, the room was near capacity, and the number of companies represented was at a record level.

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BlueYonder

MAY 18, 2020

Automotive and industrial manufacturing plants are being shuttered around the world, which has affected not just the OEMs but also their Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 suppliers. The current share of indigenous to imported sourcing for the OEMs is approximately 40:60. What Can Organizations Do Now? Supply Chain Risk Mitigation.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 29, 2015

What will be the key trend that changes the manufacturing industry in 2015? Supply Chain Nation asked Simon Ellis, practice director for supply chain strategies at IDC Manufacturing Insights, for his thoughts on what 2015 might hold for the industry. SCN: What should manufacturers do to prepare for and leverage this trend?

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 22, 2020

This blog is based on an article that recently ran in the Journal of Supply Chain Management, Logistics & Procurement, “ Supply chain agility: An imperative in an unpredictable world.”. The COVID-19 pandemic has only confirmed what we already knew: modern supply chains must be built on a foundation of extreme agility and responsiveness.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The 2023 FMI Supply Chain Forum brings together professionals from various sectors, including retail, consumer packaged goods (CPG), manufacturing, and third-party logistics, to discuss the pressing issues and opportunities in the food industry. Households have spent their savings, and questions loom about future fuel sources.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Omni-channel has been firmly positioned as the new industry standard, forcing wholesale distributors and manufacturers to release the brakes and embrace digital transformation to stay relevant. Those who get it right are improving their market share by up to 10% a year.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The multi-billion-dollar global industry associated to this one day of the year retailers/manufacturers need to deliver on their customer promise. With that promise, comes challenges both to the retailers and manufacturers (and particularly at this time of year, flower growers). The challenge to get things right is a tough one.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

owning and operating 10 or fewer trucks (source: American Trucking Associations (ATA) Economic Update). With over 3,000 Logistics Provider (3PLs), retailer and manufacturing customers worldwide, Blue Yonder knows the value of drivers to not our global economy, but to the goods we use ourselves.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 31, 2023

In this Part 2 blog post, we will continue to explore how automotive manufacturers are carrying out effective supply chain initiatives and their innovative solutions. The visibility will include not just the short-term purchase order or ASN-level visibility, but also the tactical kind of forecast collaboration with the suppliers.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 6, 2020

But these measures are not sufficient to replace China, the world´s manufacturing powerhouse or the purchasing power of the world’s biggest economy. By using AI and ML, companies can better model and predict demand and fine tune their inventory from procurement to transport to warehouse to routing supplies to locations ahead of demand.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Conagra is a popular North American food manufacturer with brands in every aisle at the grocery store. It operates 42 internal manufacturing plants and more than 34 points of distribution across multiple temperature states. Blue Yonder Empowers Manufacturers. Building a Customer-centric Supply Chain. 2 at 4 p.m.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 8, 2024

At the turn of the century, this process started with the establishment of long, low-cost supply chains that remain the foundation of most manufacturing and retail business operations to this day. Fast-forward to the global financial crisis, and while businesses got their first taste of what was to come, the model didn’t really change.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 9, 2015

In Part II I explained how seeking inspiration from retailers can help manufacturing companies move beyond supply chain segmentation to embrace customer-centricity. Figure 1 – Challenges of manufacturing companies in the digital economy. Figure 2 – Supply chain requirements for manufacturing companies in the digital economy.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 26, 2017

By the end of 2020, one-third of all manufacturing supply chains will be using analytics-driven cognitive capabilities, thus increasing cost efficiency by 10% and service performance by 5%. Manufacturers that can speed their adoption of digital capabilities in order to create business value will be the leaders of their industry.".

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 31, 2021

This creates many challenges for retailers and manufacturers who either fulfill orders themselves or contract with third-party logistics (3PLs) partners to perform these services. Retailers and manufacturers now expect their 3PL partners to deliver better, faster and cheaper services while providing additional value-added services.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 24, 2023

Can we get the supplies from an alternate source? And then in the tactical short-term horizon, how they get better visibility so that if a shipment is delayed, the sooner they know, the more options they have to look at as alternate sources or to expedite freight. Can we expedite? Can we use premium freight?

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The automotive industry is a complex ecosystem comprised of dealers, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), multiple tiers of suppliers, and third-party logistics providers (3PLs). Furthermore, having short-term Purchase Order/ASN-level visibility is insufficient.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 14, 2024

Journey Towards a Resilient Supply Chain: Ed Lesnau, Industry Executive in Mobility & Manufacturing Strategy, Microsoft, delineated the complex responsibilities faced by Supply Chain leaders.

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BlueYonder

JULY 12, 2022

Manufacturing-specific Sessions: Navigate Through Disruptions with Integrated Planning Resilient Supply Chain with Next-Gen Solutions Execution Segment Strategy and Guide to Value Realization Micron: Building a Resilient Supply Chain at Micron Technology. Watch these videos and more whenever you like in the ICON On-Demand experience!

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 10, 2018

For decades, from hardware to electronics, textiles, food, household goods, and general merchandise; retailers have been offering lower prices on goods sourced overseas. China’s cost base, infrastructure and manufacturing expertise provides a wealth of opportunities to improve profit margins for US companies. What can retailers do?

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BlueYonder

APRIL 2, 2024

With this new tool, manufacturers, retailers and logistics service providers (LSP) can benefit from Blue Yonder optimization tools via integration to their existing TMS. Sources: 1 Gartner, “Magic Quadrant for Transportation Management Systems,” Brock Johns, Oscar Sanchez Duran, Carly West, Manav Jain, 27 March 2024.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 12, 2023

In honor of International Women’s Day, Blue Yonder hosted a special Blue Yonder Live “Fearless Females of Supply Chain” with our customer BrassCraft Manufacturing Company. Ann: I am the Director of Supply Chain at BrassCraft Manufacturing. This includes purchasing, both direct and indirect; distribution; and logistics.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Now all major ports in the United States are currently experiencing unprecedented congestion and labor shortages, leading to product stockouts and inflation — as well as significant supply chain challenges for retailers, manufacturers and logistics providers. While some critical U.S.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The following are the insights gained from my discussion with Sunil Roy , who leads Blue Yonder’s Industrial Manufacturing Industry Strategy, during a recent Blue Yonder Live and executive customer events that we prepared for jointly. What are the key metrics that are driving the industrial manufacturers supply chain?

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

It’s never been easier to customize the shopping experience — from product personalization to a myriad of purchasing and delivery options — to meet your specific needs. Manufacturers are also taking notice; Bear Naked Granola and NIKEiD are just two examples of manufacturers going direct to consumers via e-commerce.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

As we adhered to shelter-in-place orders from the CDC (Centers for Disease Control), each of us were purchasing more products and services online at a faster adoption rate than ever before. Transport costs are soaring to ridiculous levels, especially for those shippers that did not have an organized procurement strategy for freight movement.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 14, 2020

There should be a greater understanding of consumer confidence, manufacturing location, contingency planning, diversity in the supply chain, and leveraging not just data, but insights on how the consumer responds to purchase consumption.

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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. One often-overlooked logistics asset is yard operations — the physical space outside warehouses, distribution centers and manufacturing facilities where inbound and outbound shipments are handled.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 5, 2023

Blue Yonder’s OMS supports a range of retail sectors, such as apparel/footwear, department stores, mass merchant/big box, and grocery/convenience, along with manufacturing and 3PL industries that require real-time customer, inventory and order decisioning. Why Blue Yonder.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

How can the world’s consumer products, food & beverage, and apparel manufacturers — along with their retail and logistics partners — hope to meet this enormous international demand, while still making a profit, in today’s volatile business and economic landscape?

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Are formerly unconstrained manufacturing or procurement sources now unreliable? Visibility into vendor capabilities and true customer demand has never been more important to manufacturers, distributors, and retailers. Constrain Limited Supply.

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