BlueYonder

MARCH 7, 2025

In the constantly changing landscape of supply chain challenges, tariffs consistently pose a significant concern for leadership. They are urgently seeking solutions to expedite the shipment of two such machines to Canada in the coming weeks. Where do industrial companies focus to prepare for tariffs?

Manufacturing Procurement

BlueYonder

MAY 20, 2025

Letting consumers keep unwanted products, or sending billions of pounds of returned merchandise to landfills, doesnt seem like a smart solution. So whats the solution? For all returns, retailers know when and where the product will arrive back at their supply chain. The problem?

Purchasing Skills

BlueYonder

JANUARY 27, 2025

Faced with an unknowable variable, companies have tended to focus on damage control rather than finding proactive solutions. Making the change requires powerful solutions and a philosophical change to efficiency. Making the change requires powerful solutions and a philosophical change to efficiency. The solution is easy to find.

Warehousing

BlueYonder

JANUARY 17, 2025

First, the list: A transformation in customer experience The two workforces of the future Social commerce and community commerce Dynamic and intelligent supply chains Want to see how AI is powering a supply chain revolution? Now, lets dig in. Agentic AI is here to settle these debates.

Supply Chain Design Software

BlueYonder

JUNE 12, 2025

Finally, shoppers may make impulse purchases less frequently, use more coupons and purchase in bulk more often in their search for great value. They’ll also be able to compete more effectively on price and retain greater margins by reducing waste and improving the efficiency of their supply chains.

Price Reduction

BlueYonder

MAY 19, 2025

In addition, thousands of employees face layoffs , and automakers are already weighing some big supply chain shifts in response. There are just 4 million EVs in all of America but Chinese car buyers are purchasing a million EVs every month. Will they stop purchasing cars altogether until financial markets stabilize?

Modeling

BlueYonder

JANUARY 21, 2025

It’s for this reason that Blue Yonder is proud to be named as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide AI-Driven Assortment Planning Solutions Vendor Assessment (Document #US52038124e). Prior engaged partners help customers discover and deliver product capabilities with relevant functions and an integrated solution.

Supply Chain Planning Software

BlueYonder

MARCH 24, 2022

The State of Supply Chain Sustainability 2021 report tells us that the work for increased supply chain sustainability has not slowed down as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, but is continuing in full force. And at the same time, the pandemic has focused on the need for more resilient supply chains too.

Supply Chain Planning Software

BlueYonder

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Everyone agrees that, in today’s volatile business environment, supply chains need to be digitized — connected in real time, and fed by shared data — to identify exceptions, define intelligent resolutions, and maximize both cost and service outcomes. They’re moving fast to not just keep up with innovation, but to lead it.

Supply Chain Planning Software

BlueYonder

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The automotive industry has shown itself to be brave in recent times, in all areas but one: the supply chain. In order for logistics, procurement and distribution to align with the general advancements of the industry itself, these critical areas must give in to a more comprehensive transformation.

Automotive

BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

A lot has been made about how they should transform their supply chains to be more agile and robust. Below are four key strands that retailers should be preparing for through their supply chain digital transformations. The solution: Simply, hyper-local personalization is now a must. The solution.

Supply Chain Transformation

BlueYonder

JANUARY 31, 2023

In a series of blog articles, the Product/Solutions Marketing team explores new business challenges and innovation solutions to change the game and manage disruptions. 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.

Automotive

BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

I still recall my first introduction to the concept of the supply chain. A modern supply chain is more than the efficient movement of optimized inventory downstream to meet forecasted customer demand. This is where assortment , space and pricing decisions naturally become part of the modern supply chain.

Supply Chain Planning Software

BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Blue Yonder was named a Leader in this inaugural report and the leader in the Better Functionality quadrant based on an evaluation of our Blue Yonder Warehouse Management solution. Blue Yonder’s WMS , a SaaS solution, empowers businesses to deliver consistently high service at a value-driven cost.

Supply Chain Planning Software

BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Continued supply chain disruptions, labor shortages and global uncertainty are adding additional supply chain risk. These trends are driving businesses across industries to reassess their supply chain and look at enabling technologies. End-to-End Solutions are Critical.

Supply Chain Planning Software

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.

Supply Chain Planning Software

BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Focus on warehouse automation has come full circle since the last big automation movement of the ‘90s, but today with a significantly better set of tools and technological improvements enabling more robust digital transformation and warehouse automation. Brief highlights of logistics investments over the last three decades.

Supply Chain Planning Software

BlueYonder

OCTOBER 14, 2013

While many blogs, articles and websites talk frequently about the changing, evolving and ever-connected consumer, little focus seems to be paid to the practitioners (or end users) of the supply & demand chain software that drive the satisfaction of those end consumers. I feel the need, the need for speed.”.

Supply Chain Planning Software

BlueYonder

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The report is aimed at “provide[ing] an entry point in a company’s due diligence in looking for the application or suite of solutions that best suit their specific needs as they move toward this goal.” The IDC MarketScape report on Order Orchestration and Fulfillment evaluates 14 software vendors in this area.

Optimal Sourcing

BlueYonder

APRIL 15, 2015

It is difficult to find a supply chain industry magazine, blog or website that doesn’t have someone lamenting about the shortage of talent in this fast-growing field. Avnet and JDA Software decided rather than complain about the shortage, they’d do something about it. In fact, the U.S.

Supply Chain Planning Software

BlueYonder

AUGUST 25, 2017

Part 1 of this blog series highlighted the comparison of best-of-breed (BoB) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions, and when BoB is the best choice for supply chains. In this part of the series you’ll learn more about where to run your BoB software solution. You’re done, right?

Procurement Solutions

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.”. In today’s age of great volatility, agility has become the new competitive differentiator.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain

BlueYonder

APRIL 7, 2020

As the world adjusts to a new set of norms in response to the COVID-19 crisis, the phrase “business as usual” continues to take on new meaning for the economy, organizations, consumers, and the supply chains that support their daily demands. To better understand the consumer perspective, Blue Yonder surveyed over 1,000 U.S.

Survey

BlueYonder

AUGUST 20, 2024

Forbes data shows that 73% of consumers want seamless shopping between channels – which includes the freedom to research products online, compare prices, and even make purchases before heading to a physical store to try on or pick up their items. Delivering an omni-channel experience requires a high degree of integration between each channel.

Sourcing Strategies

BlueYonder

JUNE 14, 2021

Advanced assortment planning solutions can create customer decision-mapping that identify what drives purchase decisions at each store location. Blue Yonder gives retailers end-to-end supply chain visibility for faster and more informed decision-making. They’ll want that Zesty Italian dressing.

Supply Chain Planning Software

BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

billion this past June, and a recent Blue Yonder survey found that one-third of consumers have used an online grocery delivery service to purchase their groceries during the COVID-19 pandemic. This level of visibility allows for profit-driven strategies to be executed across the supply chain.

Supply Chain Planning Software

BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

In a series of blog articles, the Product/Solution Marketing team explores innovative solutions to guard against supply chain disruptions. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen the important role that logistics plays in the supply chain. Transportation and Logistics Disruptions.

Supply Chain Planning Software

BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Grocers face many challenges as they continue to weather the COVID-19 pandemic, including: lack of assortment and product availability due to supply chain issues and panic buying. When consumers add products to their online cart, they expect to be able to purchase those items.

Supply Chain Optimization

BlueYonder

DECEMBER 9, 2021

If the start of global COVID-19 pandemic accelerated e-commerce growth with millions of consumers purchasing products online, pandemic fatigue is now driving many consumers, at least in the U.S., This is where solutions from Blue Yonder can make a world of difference. back to in-person shopping. It’s not about one or the other.

Retail

BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

We can train our phones to recognize our voices and our photo management software to recognize faces within our images. Applications in supply chain and retail are only now beginning to be explored. I do not mean to paint a dry picture where computer algorithms replace most decision making across the supply chain.

Supply Chain Design Software

BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

In a series of blog articles, the Product/Solution Marketing team explores innovative solutions to guard against supply chain disruptions. In Part 1 of our conversation around disruptions, we highlighted that the unexpected is becoming far more commonplace across the supply chain. The Labor Shortage.

Supply Chain Disruption

BlueYonder

AUGUST 28, 2017

We have discussed a variety of implications to the supply chain required to provide scale and service, while effectively managing inventory and value add processes. The disciplines of interest will include supply management, efficient order fulfillment, transportation and workforce.

Optimal Sourcing

BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Recent research published by SCM World on behalf of JDA Software Group, Inc. ( The Digital Transformation Directive ) shows that digital technologies and the potential impact on supply chain are top of mind for many in the C-suite. digital supply chain (66 percent). digital supply chain (66 percent).

Supply Chain Software

BlueYonder

OCTOBER 9, 2015

In Part 1 of this blog series , we shared a spectacular success story that popularized supply chain collaboration back in the 1980s, and laid out the path for all retailers and their suppliers to follow. In Part 3, we will take a closer look at what many companies deem to be state-of-the-art supply chain collaboration.

Supply Chain Planning Software

BlueYonder

MARCH 5, 2024

But now, the digitalization of the modern car is revolutionizing the industry, with enormous repercussions for the end-to-end supply chain. As cars become more connected, autonomous, electric and configured to order, automotive manufacturers are increasingly becoming software companies.

Automotive

BlueYonder

JUNE 1, 2020

To provide insights into the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic and its impact on supply chains around the world, we are delivering a blog series to help anyone looking for support and advice. Our experts, who have spent years in the supply chain industry, share their insights.

Price Reduction

BlueYonder

OCTOBER 13, 2022

It can be a costly exercise but is worth the outlay considering these channels will be the persuader of upfront investments and ultimate purchases. Supply chain roles are key to rethinking and redesigning networks, that ensure your products reach your consumers. Step 5: Measuring Success. They’ll tell you with their clicks.

Sourcing Strategies