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6 Key Supply Chain Planning Strategies to Prepare for the New Normal

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The data used to drive statistical safety stock calculations should also be scrubbed to ensure that the wild swings in forecast accuracy, vendor reliability, and lead time variability don’t lead to unsustainable inventory levels in an attempt to meet customer service goals. Realign Inventory Strategies. Modify Inventory Strategies.

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Digitalization in the Real-World, Part 2

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At our recent customer conference Blue Yonder ICON , we heard first-hand the chronic and new challenges supply chain, logistics, and commerce executives are facing and their strategies and implementations to realize the next visions. New rates and awards can be rapidly loaded into vendor systems for quick bidding and execution.

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The New ROI: Return on Inclusion

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In supply chain, diversity expands beyond a range of age, race, gender, orientation, and cultural backgrounds in the workforce – it should be carried across to procurement. [i] Organizations that incorporate diverse suppliers into their supply chain procurement strategy can leverage that growth as well. Visibility.

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People-Centric Transformations, Building Sustainable Supply Chains and Cognition – The Next Frontier in Supply Chains

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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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Blue Yonder Named a Leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Transportation Management Systems

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Blue Yonder was positioned among a total of four vendors in the Leaders quadrant. According to the 2021 Gartner Critical Capabilities for Transportation Management Systems (TMS) report 2 also released recently, the Blue Yonder solution scored in the highest three vendors for Levels 2, 3, 4, and 5 Complexity Use Cases.

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Transportation Modeling and its Role in Transportation Transformation, Part 1

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In their journey toward transforming their existing transportation and broader supply chain operations, many customers face challenges in substantiating their business case when it comes to crucial pillars such as better capacity allocation, asset optimization, and redefining procurement services. Why there is a need for such service?

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Global Logistics and the Transportation Management Center: The Next Phase in Network Agility

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The TMC merges technology, organization and processes to establish a set of services leveraging the scale and efficiency of consolidated network planning, procurement and unified metrics with the agility of localized execution. The rewards are greater agility, visibility and control with reduced risks and costs. Why is this important?