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. Visibility is the key to help predict current and future effects of COVID-19. What Can Organizations Do Now? Scenario Planning.

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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. There is a lot of good information in this report, and I recommend that you give it a review.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 1, 2020

Retail sales declined 16% in April, according to a recent report from the Commerce Department , marking the largest two-month decline on record. The mounting concern is that excess manufacturing is leading to increased inventory warehousing costs and is compounding the already-difficult financial situation. Replenishment.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 20, 2017

manufacturing output; and how Click & Collect boosts retail sales. As Michael Sheetz reports for CNBC, Delivery by rocket could change the game for UPS, FedEx. The Wall Street Journal reports that Amazon and Big Apartment Landlords Strike Deals on Package Delivery. Manufacturing Output Rises.

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BlueYonder

JULY 31, 2023

In an increasingly challenging commerce space where order management capabilities form the backbone of a retailer’s fulfillment infrastructure, retailers, distributors, 3PL’s, and manufacturers are challenged by monolithic, legacy technology that no longer fits their needs. Value This metric sounds obvious but is often overlooked.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

According to the SCM World Future of Supply Chain survey 2016, a majority of supply chain executives identified the following primary digital technologies as disruptive and important: big data analytics (81 percent). digital supply chain (66 percent). cloud computing (64 percent). Internet of Things (63 percent).

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 13, 2022

CPG brands are well known for their ability to gather insight around these kinds of metrics, as well as information pertaining to competitors jockeying for the same wallet share. It can be a costly exercise but is worth the outlay considering these channels will be the persuader of upfront investments and ultimate purchases.

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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

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

MARCH 9, 2017

SCM World’s The Digital Transformation Directive report introduces a framework that companies can follow to approach these types of digital transformations. SCM World’s The Digital Transformation Directive report introduces a framework that companies can follow to approach these types of digital transformations.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Supply chains are getting more and more complex, thanks to soaring customer expectations for service and responsiveness and endless purchasing options. However, as enterprise resource planning systems have matured, it’s now possible to securely share more business-relevant information among supply chain partners, from manufacturing to retail.

Supply Chain Planning Software 53

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BlueYonder

MARCH 14, 2017

Even assortments driven by a group or cluster of information (such as demographic or purchasing similarities) still lacked the level of personalization needed to identify local preferences and engage important strategic customer groups. Apply predictive analytics to your assortment process. This will require a shift in thinking.

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BlueYonder

JULY 25, 2017

The shifts in manufacturing and retail business models, enhanced delivery models, such as last mile and click and collect, along with the innovative advances in technologies, have created significant opportunities for 3PL companies. Over the past 30 years, the 3PL industry has gone through tremendous transformation.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Breaking a promise to consumers has never been more dangerous, as expectations across numerous metrics become more severe and decisive. The latter ATS model is often conflated and confused with the desired ATP holy grail, and it’s completely understandable why this is the case. A New Competition Metric.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 20, 2017

manufacturing output; and how Click & Collect boosts retail sales. As Michael Sheetz reports for CNBC, Delivery by rocket could change the game for UPS, FedEx. The Wall Street Journal reports that Amazon and Big Apartment Landlords Strike Deals on Package Delivery. Manufacturing Output Rises.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 40

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BlueYonder

APRIL 14, 2017

This quick roundup of industry news includes a look at manufacturing in the U.S., Bringing manufacturing back to the U.S. Manufacturers Struggle to Bring Jobs Back Home explores some of the challenges companies are facing. Manufacturers Struggle to Bring Jobs Back Home explores some of the challenges companies are facing.

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BlueYonder

MAY 24, 2017

These initial findings underscore the growing need for consumer data and insight in order to better serve the mobile, connected shopper’s needs: The 1 shopper behavior that retailers and manufacturers lack insight into is path to purchase. The 1 investment priority in the next five years is big data and predictive analytics.

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BlueYonder

MAY 14, 2014

Digital demand and omni-channel shopping are radically changing supply chain practices for both retailers and manufacturers. Supply Chain Nation asked Kevin O’Marah, chief content officer for SCM World, for his insights from their recent research and report on this topic.

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BlueYonder

JULY 28, 2022

This insight comes from the 2022 State of Supply Chain Sustainability Report , presented by the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) and the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), sponsored by Avetta, Blue Yonder, C.H. This is the third year of the annual report. Key Themes.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 14, 2017

This quick roundup of industry news includes a look at manufacturing in the U.S., Bringing manufacturing back to the U.S. Manufacturers Struggle to Bring Jobs Back Home explores some of the challenges companies are facing. Manufacturers Struggle to Bring Jobs Back Home explores some of the challenges companies are facing.

Manufacturing Procurement 40

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BlueYonder

MARCH 16, 2018

A Wall Street Journal report said carriers added 5,600 jobs last month, according to U.S. The news came as the latest jobs reports showed robust growth across construction and manufacturing, adding to transportation demand. and other providers, and will require a $30 minimum purchase plus a $9.95 freight market.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

We have seen Texas freeze, which impacted all industries from petrochemicals to semiconductors to car manufacturing. We are experiencing labor shortages in almost all industries, whether it is retail, manufacturing, or logistics. 27% of respondents report at least 5% increase of EBITA attributable to AI.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Bloomberg reports that U.S. This week, Ng announced the launch of Landing.ai , a new startup that focuses on bringing artificial intelligence to the manufacturing industry. The Boston Globe reports that, as shoppers change their buying preferences, retailers have had to change how they ramp up staffing for the holidays.

Forecasting 49

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BlueYonder

MARCH 16, 2018

A Wall Street Journal report said carriers added 5,600 jobs last month, according to U.S. The news came as the latest jobs reports showed robust growth across construction and manufacturing, adding to transportation demand. and other providers, and will require a $30 minimum purchase plus a $9.95 freight market.

Demand Planning Software 40

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Supply chains are getting more and more complex, thanks to soaring customer expectations for service and responsiveness and endless purchasing options. However, as enterprise resource planning systems have matured, it’s now possible to securely share more business-relevant information among supply chain partners, from manufacturing to retail.

Supply Chain Planning Software 40

Supply Chain Planning Software Prescriptive Analytics Software Demand Planning Software Supply and Demand 40

BlueYonder

JANUARY 27, 2015

It used to be that retailers and manufacturers could periodically forecast demand, plan what to sell, and execute to that plan. Now, we must go beyond predicting demand of individual stock keeping units to continuously anticipating needs of individual customers in real-time and understanding their attitudes and paths to purchase.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 7, 2015

How can manufacturers leverage retail’s leading practices? In this post I will discuss how manufacturing companies can leverage leading retailers’ winning approach to customer-centricity. In this post I will discuss how manufacturing companies can leverage leading retailers’ winning approach to customer-centricity.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 5, 2020

As the world continues to address the evolving challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, here at Blue Yonder, we’re closely monitoring the changing commerce environment to predict what lies ahead not only for consumers, but the retailers and manufacturers working to keep up with their increasing demands and shifting preferences.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 8, 2019

According to a recent eMarketer report , almost 70% of retailers used Instagram for marketing last year while 28% used Snapchat. More consumers are using social media to research their purchases. Meanwhile manufacturers are using social media in new ways to connect with consumers directly.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Predicting the paths to purchase she is likely to take. Combine this with other clues such as time of the year and other accompanying searches or purchases and you can be practically sure if this is the case. i] “Returns – The Ticking Time Bomb of Multichannel Retailing,” Tom Enright, Gartner Report G00267240, September 2014.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 14, 2017

Even assortments driven by a group or cluster of information (such as demographic or purchasing similarities) still lacked the level of personalization needed to identify local preferences and engage important strategic customer groups. Apply predictive analytics to your assortment process. This will require a shift in thinking.

Meeting 40

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Understandably, these knock offs are creating some significant trust issues between retailers and their consumers, and , retailers and manufacturers. Here are five staggering stats about the imitation game that is costing luxury brand names business and causing shoppers to question product authenticity: 1. trillion a year.

Retail 40

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

In Part I of this series , I discussed why retailers, manufacturers and distributors are struggling to adjust to the new demands of the omni-channel consumer. For example, the Tesco supply chain analytics team has built algorithms that create discount offers for food items nearing the end of their shelf life. iii] [link]. [iv]

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

In addition, steadily rising raw materials costs are a significant concern for 85.7% of companies that participated in a recent survey by the National Association of Manufacturers. And the country’s recent heatwave caused factories to shutdown potentially resulting in more impacts on the supply chain than COVID-19 lockdowns.

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BlueYonder

JULY 25, 2017

The shifts in manufacturing and retail business models, enhanced delivery models, such as last mile and click and collect, along with the innovative advances in technologies, have created significant opportunities for 3PL companies. Over the past 30 years, the 3PL industry has gone through tremendous transformation.

Third Party Logistics 40

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Bloomberg reports that U.S. This week, Ng announced the launch of Landing.ai , a new startup that focuses on bringing artificial intelligence to the manufacturing industry. The Boston Globe reports that, as shoppers change their buying preferences, retailers have had to change how they ramp up staffing for the holidays.

Forecasting 40

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BlueYonder

JUNE 23, 2015

Ready or not, manufacturers are being pulled into the Omni-channel world by the evolving needs and strategies of the retailers they serve. As retailers explore, experiment, and implement Omni-channel, many models are emerging on how to capture customer demand (multi-channel marketing and selling) as well as how to fulfill orders.

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