BlueYonder

APRIL 1, 2024

Fulfilling online orders is the costliest channel due to factors like shipping, packaging and returns. Consider factors like demand patterns, seasonality, and shipping costs. Rising Costs Consumers increasingly begin their shopping journeys online. E-commerce, while convenient, comes with a price.

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BlueYonder

JULY 9, 2021

And what if I told you that port had a recent COVID-19 outbreak, leaving a backlog of over 160,000 40-foot containers, causing a domino effect on the entire shipping industry that might take a year to get sorted out? From ships waiting to dock in Guangdong to empty containers stockpiling in the U.S.,

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Between China’s re-routing many ships through the east and gulf coasts and the expedited processing of cargo at LA and Long Beach, the logjam has been eased and retail stores across the U.S. Now There Are Too Many Shipping Containers. are filled with inventory.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 11, 2024

If the retailer is planning a SKU that sells 40 units per year but sells 25 of those units in the month before Christmas, they need to plan differently in November, when they must ship to the higher forecast, than they do the rest of the year, when they want to wait until one sells.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 25, 2022

Whether it’s rolling COVID-19 lockdowns in port-heavy provinces or the dozens of ships waiting to offload at the ports in California, there’s not nearly enough capacity to fulfill demand. Shipping freight and the costs that come with it are often seen as fixed. This blog is co-authored by Redwood Logistics and Blue Yonder.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 21, 2024

Supply chain is a big polluter (manufacturing activities with lots of finite natural resources, global shipping traffic across all transport modes, packaging boxes, and not to mention utilities). Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to announce Scope 1 and Scope 2 reporting requirements for publicly listed companies on March 6.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 24, 2021

The world is aflutter discussing how an enormous container ship became an immovable force in the Suez Canal, blocking one of the world’s most vital shipping routes. 120 miles long, the Suez Canal sees nearly 50 ships passing through on an average every day and almost 19,000 annually and accounts for roughly 12% of world trade.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 1, 2022

Shipping container costs went from $2,000 to $20,000. But one of the biggest factors in inflation right now is shipping container costs. Since the pandemic began, the cost of sending a shipping container went from around $2 , 000 up to $20,000 in just a few years, and these costs must be passed on to consumers.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

As I mentioned earlier, shrink leads to empty shelves and out-of-stocks due to theft are much different than out-of-stocks due to a sell-through of what was shipped to the store. Within the OMS suite, Blue Yonder’s Inventory microservice supports full end-to-end visibility and tracking of both sellable and non-sellable inventory.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 22, 2024

And, like every business, wholesale distributors need to contend with constant surprises and disruptions, from product and labor shortages to blocked shipping lanes. Blue Yonder has helped many wholesalers address these challenges with advanced order management solutions. Suboptimal allocation due to disrupted supply and demand.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 5, 2021

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. The Ever Given holds around 18,000 shipping containers containing a mix of perishables and non-perishables. Today, I want to focus on the micro. Uncertain Supply.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 1, 2022

this year, which makes sense as we saw such a high amount of ship to home purchases in our survey. Charging a fee for returns can offset the shipping costs, but often doesn’t account for the labor cost to inspect and repackage the item, along with the impact to their profits if the item cannot be resold.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 3, 2021

Many consumers prefer BOPIS since it allows them to shop online without dealing with shipping costs. Offering omni-channel capabilities such as buy online and pick up in store (BOPIS) can give shoppers a convenient shopping experience while saving them time and money. This is a great experience for shoppers and it’s a win for retailers too.

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BlueYonder

JULY 17, 2023

In response, retailers are utilizing search, social media, online marketplaces, and partnerships with drop-shipped vendors. They prioritize convenience, speed, and sustainable fulfillment options. Additionally, many retailers are implementing omni-channel fulfillment methods, which allow them to engage with customers across multiple channels.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 18, 2024

Or say there’s some issue in your transportation network, such as shipping delays caused by bad weather. If that information doesn’t flow into your OMS or your TMS, you’ll end up routing too many orders that can’t be picked in time. That information affects the promise you can make to customers when they place their order.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 13, 2022

Larger items cannot be shipped internationally by plane to quickly meet consumer demand. With order optimization, retailers can quickly determine the best location to ship products from by considering several criteria, including inventory, labor costs, transportation costs, etc.

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BlueYonder

MAY 27, 2021

These CPG items weren’t necessarily in the wrong form; they were always made for individual consumer use and are waiting in warehouses, ready to ship. With beauty and personal care products though, we may not see the same supply chain problems.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

By leveraging Blue Yonder’s e-commerce fulfillment capabilities, Petco could successfully expose store inventory online, provide accurate commitments to customers, and use ship from store capabilities to meet the needs of customers.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 31, 2021

You did not plan to handle this amount of e-commerce volumes, you do not have experience in picking and small parcel shipping, and your consumers want same-day and next-day delivery. The 3PL can also help coordinate and facilitate the movement of products to DCs and handle pick/pack/ship operations to fulfill consumer orders.?The

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 29, 2021

ports have expanded their working hours, almost 200,000 shipping containers , with cargo worth more than USD 25 billion, remain on ships off the coast of Los Angeles as retailers scramble to ensure store shelves are stocked in time for the holiday season. While some critical U.S.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 16, 2022

In his recent blog , Anmol Khurana discussed the immediate effects of the Russia-Ukraine conflict for companies shipping products in and out of the region. While Russian cargo sits on loading docks and ships, waiting to be inspected and rerouted, throughput levels are down across Europe — with noticeable effects on product availability.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The very next day I called Jim Hull, our Senior Industries Strategy Director, to share my frightening shopping experience, and he confirmed my worst nightmare — everything I needed for an enchanting All Hallows’ Eve was somewhere on a ship in one of the many port logjams. So, the cargo ships might get unloaded, but the U.S.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Or how Target can send its own cargo ship to China to pick up goods, while smaller retailers have their orders waiting 70 ships deep at a port in Long Beach. It’s the same concept as how music superstars can still order timely vinyl records, while indie artists are waiting 12-24 months for an album to be pressed.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

And just 16% applied AI to improve the accuracy of their estimated ship dates. Disappointed Customers Even fewer retailers — 18% — used AI to optimize their inventory by keeping their dynamic safety stock up to date. Why do such low levels of adoption matter? Pujari used dynamic safety stock as an example.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 19, 2022

Logistics planners can identify suppliers shipping out of the conflict area with deliveries at risk, positioning them to define alternative strategies. As we’ve all seen in the news coverage of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, conditions are changing minute-by-minute.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

households, or 93 million people, received one or more orders via pickup, delivery and ship-to-home channels. Lastly, investing in pick, pack and ship process improvements enables staff to work more efficiently and effectively while still meeting the needs of consumers. online grocery sales reached nearly $98 billion last year.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

LSPs simplify complex tasks such as international shipping documentation, leveraging technology to break down processes into manageable, efficient and compliant operations. Complexity Simplifiers: The role of Complexity Simplifiers involves streamlining intricate logistics operations for their clients’ success.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 15, 2020

When consumers pivoted from foot traffic to online options, retailers quickly worked overtime to enable speed and convenience options such as buy online pick up in store (BOPIS), curbside pickup, and ship from local store to support the needs of customers and drive business during a challenging time.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 16, 2023

For example, if there is a port congestion or weather event affecting a truck on the road or a ship in the ocean, or a delay in the customs clearance or a COVID-19 shutdown in Shanghai, China, then supply chain operations can look at alternative, proactive risk mitigation strategies.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 27, 2023

Am I shipping just-in-time and are my clients paying for that service or can I ship two to three days a week to this pool point or area and offer a lower cost service that still meets the goals of the retailer or the business? How do we use APIs within our business? What is an API? What do we need in order to apply them?

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 4, 2022

This summer’s record-breaking heat wave in China has led to power shortages, factory shutdowns, dried-up shipping channels and ruined crops that have not only crippled that country’s economy — but also negatively impacted many of the world’s supply chains.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

In addition to our never-arrived Halloween costumes , guess what else is sitting in those 70-something container ships waiting to be unloaded at the port of Long Beach? You’ve heard about big box retailers sidestepping the global supply shortages by chartering their own cargo ships , right? You guessed it — vinyl records.

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BlueYonder

JULY 11, 2023

Another type of seafood can be shipped in a container from the U.S. over to Asia for example, where they further process seafood into a consumer-packaged unit and then it is shipped back to the U.S. One example is seafood: we could have seafood that is caught in the North Pacific that is brought to the U.S. for storage.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 18, 2024

Inventory that can’t be sold is a cost, and the shipping and logistics operation that gets it back to DCs is another cost. The length of time it takes to process a return has a direct correlation with the profitability of the returns operation and the wider e-commerce business. It’s not just a pure numbers question either.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 20, 2022

A lot of recent media attention has been devoted to what might be considered “macro” logistics problems, such as port closures, blocked shipping lanes and a lack of ocean container capacity. These and other logistics challenges leave products stranded thousands of miles from their final destinations.

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BlueYonder

MAY 18, 2023

Typical supply chains are vast networks affected by a multitude of factors ranging from things like weather, labor shortages, congested shipping ports, geopolitical situations, etc. This is not only an environmental risk, but also creates undue costs and losses for companies.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 21, 2022

households , or 93 million, received one or more orders via pickup, delivery and ship-to-home channels. Advanced transportation solutions can help by connecting the entire shipping network, including customers and carriers, in real time. Online grocery sales are soaring to new heights. In fact, more than 70% of U.S.

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