BlueYonder

APRIL 8, 2025

Today’s digital networks enable continuous real-time optimization where demand signals update instantly across all nodes, inventory positions adjust dynamically, and transportation and warehouse plans reconfigure automatically in response to changing conditions. Second, visibility is expanding from enterprise-centric to ecosystem-wide.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 20, 2024

Blue Yonder has been named as a Leader in the inaugural IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Warehouse Management (WMS) 2024 Vendor Assessment (doc #US49948523, April 2024) and the inaugural IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Transportation Management Systems (TMS) Applications 2024 Vendor Assessment (IDC #US51982224, April 2024).

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BlueYonder

JUNE 26, 2020

Recent studies have shown that transportation is the single largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. Department of Energy calculated that CO2 emissions from transportation surpassed two billion metric tons ; it’s hard to imagine what that number looks like today. In 2007, the U.S.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Following on the heels of COVID-19, port closures, labor shortages and geopolitical conflict, climate change-related events are emerging as a significant source of supply chain disruption. The post Climate Change: Yet Another Source of Global Supply Chain Risk and Disruption appeared first on Supply Chain Nation.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Drought conditions at the Panama Canal are not a good match for its high water demands; it takes at least 50 million gallons of water , with some sources citing much more, to move a single ship through the 51-mile waterway. That’s the beauty of transportation optimization in today’s age of sophisticated AI and ML.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 23, 2025

Todays supply chains span thousands of miles, cross continents and oceans, rely on multiple modes of transportation, and involve many supplier tiers. Advanced digital software, enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) like the Blue Yonder Transportation Management solution are purpose-built to address the top causes of shipping delays.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Our platform encompasses Transportation, Warehouse and Order Management, supports an n-tier network for visibility and collaboration with customers, suppliers and carriers alike and provides next generation planning capabilities from detailed Scheduling to strategic processes like IBP and network design.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 17, 2025

As they manage multiple complex customer supply chains, LSPs are overwhelmed with data about inventory movements, new orders, transportation capacity, labor availability, supply disruptions, and other upstream and downstream events. A need for agile, real-time decision-making.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 17, 2025

Every business is subject to demand volatility, supply shortages, extreme weather, tariffs, transportation roadblocks and other disruptive forces. Disruptions frequently originate with suppliers, co-manufacturers, transportation carriers and retail customers. If there’s a supply shortfall, new sources of supply must be found.

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BlueYonder

MAY 6, 2025

Cognitive Solutions can SEE and anticipate events and their implications in real-time.Blue Yonder has the only unified data model across planning, transportation, and warehouse management in the supply chain industry. Disruptions that used to take days or weeks to resolve are now handled in minutes.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Buyers should be aware that solutions differ in terms of whether their visibility and control span the entire supply chain or only focus on a specific function such as Transportation Management, Demand or Supply Planning, or Warehouse Management.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The only way to manage these changes profitably is to become aware of them at the earliest opportunity, by using software to ingest and analyze real-time data from across the supply chain as well as external sources like social media, news and weather.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 10, 2024

As they ingest real-time data from across the end-to-end supply chain, as well as external sources, APS solutions create a single version of the truth that is shared across all functions. Network planning, Transportation planning) to adjust continuously.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Our commitment to innovation, excellence, and customer satisfaction has gotten us recognized in Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), Transportation Management Systems (TMS), and Supply Chain Planning (SCP) analyst evaluations. Sources: Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Supply Chain Planning Solutions, Pia Orup Lund, Tim Payne, et al.,

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 6, 2024

Blue Yonder Transportation Management solutions can then optimize transportation within the complex network involved with field inventory. Through the ability to seamlessly connect Blue Yonder Supply Chain Planning and Transportation Management, processes can be managed in a continuous manner using one data model.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 17, 2025

Based on an increasingly omni-channel world, these systems are challenged to handle the combination of downstream demand variability, upstream supplier variability, and the risk that comes with leveraging global sourcing and supply chain strategies. A supply chain goes deeper than just buyers and sellers within a transaction.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 9, 2024

Carlsberg has also introduced electric trucks and established a specialized transportation control tower in Poznan, Poland. The success of Carlsberg’s overall sustainability strategy will largely be driven by optimizing this transportation process. In a recent webinar , Carlsberg shared more on this topic.

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BlueYonder

MAY 29, 2025

With their high development costs, long lead times, use of scarce materials, and transportation challenges related to hazardous materials, weight and sustainability, batteries represent a critical piece of the automotive planning and production puzzle. The end result? What if they shared the same real-time, end-to-end data?

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BlueYonder

APRIL 7, 2021

Gartner recently released the Magic Quadrant for Transportation Management Systems (TMS) report 1 , and Blue Yonder has again been named a Leader in the report. Multiple subcomponents make up comprehensive multimodal TMS solution. Blue Yonder was positioned among a total of four vendors in the Leaders quadrant.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 28, 2023

Their short-term profitability and long-term competitive success depend on making the right decisions, almost immediately, about how to source and store products, manage and fulfill orders, and schedule assets like labor and transportation. They need to match assets like labor and transportation precisely as possible with demand.

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BlueYonder

JULY 30, 2024

In addition, Blue Yonder is also one of the few vendors named as a Leader in multiple Nucleus Research Value Matrix reports, including Warehouse Management System , Transportation Management System , and Workforce Management. In addition, Blue Yonder has shown positive momentum consistently over the last five years.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 2, 2024

This blog was co-written by Terence Leung and Jen McQuiston Our customers depend on Blue Yonder Transportation Management to achieve customer-centricity and operational resiliency across the globe. Transportation Optimization microservice: top-tier Blue Yonder planning made available to wider audience via a standalone API.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 23, 2025

These sessions provide in-depth knowledge and practical insights into optimizing transportation operations, enhancing efficiency, and driving cost savings.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 11, 2024

These foundations are crucial in navigating the key components of hybrid retail: planning, sourcing, resourcing, engaging, fulfilling, and transporting. Source and Resource : The sourcing and resourcing stages benefit immensely from AI’s ability to identify the best suppliers and optimize inventory levels.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

What this means in today’s vernacular is that you have to bring your order management system, warehouse management system, and transportation management system all together. They are asking you, “Can you track the order end-to-end and give me an update on where that order is?” Terence: What about working with existing systems?

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Transportation management system (TMS). A TMS is software that collects data and tracks the processes associated with moving goods, both inbound and outbound, and across all modes of transportation including rail, air, surface, and sea. Let’s start with the basics.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 109

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BlueYonder

APRIL 3, 2023

Innovation and Customer-Centricity are Our Continuing Directions Thanks to our TMS customers, for the 12 th time 1 in a row, Blue Yonder is named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Transportation Management Systems (TMS) report 2. As a result, we’ve reduced our overall transportation spend by 3-5%.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 18, 2024

These businesses struggle to collect data that is scattered all across their supply chain and in third-party sources. Or say there’s some issue in your transportation network, such as shipping delays caused by bad weather. So why don’t more retailers take these steps? The sheer volume of data overwhelms many companies.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 24, 2022

The State of Supply Chain Sustainability study shows that today’s sustainability pressures come from several sources, both inside and outside companies. When additional capacity is built, for example more warehouses or more sourcing partners, the environment is often negatively affected.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

owning and operating 10 or fewer trucks (source: American Trucking Associations (ATA) Economic Update). By automating the work of supply chain executives and transportation managers wherever possible, a solid TMS allows for better and more accurate driver communications and support.

Supply Chain Design Software 111

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BlueYonder

JUNE 3, 2021

The second highlight is the emphasis on identifying sustainable upstream operations in material sourcing, suppliers, and manufacturing. Raj points out that logistics and manufacturing customers are looking at their supply chain results, resiliency, agility, and now sustainability in order to make sourcing or dual sourcing decisions.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 20, 2022

As a report sponsor, we were honored to participate in an in-person event hosted by the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics and CSCMP, the report authors. where the various parts were sourced, what are they made of, etc.) That is what the State of Supply Chain Sustainability report has looked at for the last three years.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Rebalance open demand based on defined allocation rules Resequence pending orders for optimal sourcing and reprioritization 4. Schedule, orchestrate, modify, and support the complete order lifecycle with a single source of truth from order to delivery, regardless of channels, source and types.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 1, 2024

Changing customer expectations, global transportation disruptions, labor shortages, and climate change are just a few ongoing challenges faced by the industry. This will enable businesses to dynamically optimize resources and capacity like inventory, workforce, and transportation.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 18, 2022

Fourth-party logistics providers offer a single, expert source for managing end-to-end logistics for a range of customers. 4PLs aggregate many customers, they have a better chance of securing capacity and transportation lanes, as well as negotiating the lowest possible rates.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 14, 2020

Are those designing your launch vehicle (network design, factory planning) communicating directly with flight planners (transportation planning) on projected transportation time and cost impacts of various network layout and materials sourcing options? Reduce transportation expenses by 10%-30%.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 8, 2024

Nearly two-thirds (58%) of CPG companies report that their business has been significantly impacted by supplier cost increases, while 57% cite transportation cost increases as a significant obstacle. Given the volumes of data, or the vast variety of data sources, people are overwhelmed without technology.

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