BlueYonder

JANUARY 15, 2025

Much has been written about the environmental impacts of fast fashion and, in response, retailers are stepping up their use of eco-friendly fabrics , encouraging clothing donations and re-use , and focusing on supply chain sustainability. One clear target for fashion retailers who want to operate greener? Another is profitability.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 21, 2025

As the complexities of assortment planning have grown starker in recent years, the need for technology that can help empower retailers has grown in equal measure. Prior engaged partners help customers discover and deliver product capabilities with relevant functions and an integrated solution. Why Was Blue Yonder Named a Leader?

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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?

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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. This honor comes after Blue Yonder was named a Leader in the Transportation Technology Value Matrix 2023 earlier this year!

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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.

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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.

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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.”.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Continued supply chain disruptions, labor shortages and global uncertainty are adding additional supply chain risk. Cloud-based technologies, offering reduced TCO, and robotics are increasing in adoption. Cloud-based technologies, offering reduced TCO, and robotics are increasing in adoption.

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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.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

In this final post of the series, I highlight three reasons why I believe learning technologies will make this future not only possible, but also imminent: First, there are breakthrough innovations in the underlying learning algorithms. Machine Learning technology has finally come of age. Implications.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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.”. Digital technologies will allow companies to increase their visibility, collaboration, speed and responsiveness ?

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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.

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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.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 14, 2021

The key to winning was the right technology with the insights to identify and react quickly to shifts in demand signals, led by a holistic view of inventory availability and advanced category management and merchandising systems. Let’s take a closer look at why these technologies matter. They’ll want that Zesty Italian dressing.

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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.

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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. Automation is also key if you plan to offer a subscription model for your consumers. Automation is also key if you plan to offer a subscription model for your consumers.

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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.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 5, 2024

For over a century, the global automotive industry has been focused on one central technology: the internal combustion engine. But now, the digitalization of the modern car is revolutionizing the industry, with enormous repercussions for the end-to-end supply chain.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 29, 2022

One might think that supply chain issues have been addressed or at least resolved enough to get goods where they need to go as we enter the third year of the pandemic. All these supply chain issues have occurred in the midst of the biggest shift to online shopping where e-commerce sales increased 50% since 2019.

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BlueYonder

JULY 30, 2013

In part 1 of this post , John and I discussed the ideals, expectations, and technology biases of Millennials, and we discussed a few ways for retailers to connect with and engage these workers. Workforce in Motion: Recruiting, Retaining and Engaging Millennials – the New Face of the Retail Workforce from JDA Software.

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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.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 5, 2021

It was one of those great black swan events that kept many of us enthralled for days, but what can this whole event teach us about supply chain resilience? Billions of pixels of digital news have been used to describe how supply chains need to understand the macro picture, like shipping delays and supply impacts.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

The pace of digital innovation is increasing rapidly, and it’s estimated that the new digital technologies and capabilities being developed will have as great or even greater impact on society than the Internet. Recent research published by SCM World on behalf of JDA Software Group, Inc. ( digital supply chain (66 percent).

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

With changing expectations, grocers today need the right omni-channel technologies to help them manage and fulfill orders across channels. 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.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 20, 2020

2020 is the year that lit resilience and agility on fire in supply chain, and for good reason. Supply chain leaders everywhere found themselves asking the same question: what does it take to bounce back from this? Join us next week as we dive into our first topic, women in supply chain. . [1] 3] Toby A.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 30, 2019

But in today’s complex world, with increasing competition and so many external factors that impact the purchasing decision, how can convenience retailers predict the future with any degree of confidence? The answer lies in leveraging the power of advanced technology. Anticipating, and Meeting, Local Consumer Needs.

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