BlueYonder

JANUARY 25, 2022

This blog is co-authored by Redwood Logistics and Blue Yonder. With tightening freight capacity, shippers need more carrier coverage to make an informed decision about the right price to be paid to transport freight. Shipping freight and the costs that come with it are often seen as fixed. The Problem with the Status-Quo.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Complexity, Complexity, Complexity Terence: Automotive OEMs and suppliers are digitally transforming their supply chain and logistics operations to gain a competitive advantage in the new normal. No matter which area of automotive logistics we are talking about, it is usually highly specialized and often outsourced to 3PLs.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 16, 2023

In Part 1 , we covered the complexities of logistics management in the automotive industries and the change in thinking about how to manage logistics. Disruptions and Remedies Terence: Let’s continue discussing how automotive supply chain executives can better manage logistics needs/requirements.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

But what do these terms mean for the logistics industry? At Blue Yonder, we believe every logistics stakeholder should be excited about advanced technologies like AI. So, let’s take a few minutes to define some of the most common terms related to managing logistics via advanced technology. What exactly is a data cloud?

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The benefit for us as logistics practitioners is the ability to drive incremental, measurable value through the instantiation of specific use cases combining sets of innovation in interesting and creative ways. That is a long way from an analog line and a green screen—and those of us in the logistics world are all the better for it.

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ThroughPut

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Robinson’s career spans technology vendors, logistics service providers, consulting, sales, operations, and M&A operations for employers ranging from startups to Fortune 50 companies. His last enterprise role was as the VP of Global Logistics and the Supply Chain Center of Operations Excellence at Starbucks.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 26, 2020

The realities of today’s complex global marketplace make fulfilling sustainability objectives anything but simple as companies navigate fulfillment, transportation and logistics challenges. What If” Analysis: Many of the older transportation solutions planned freight by minimizing miles.

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BlueYonder

MAY 10, 2024

This will continue to put pressure on international trade routes and complicate logistics thus raising the importance of visibility across the entire supply chain network and continued risk mitigation through diversification strategies. Stabilization in the freight/trucking and warehousing market is a big boon for the logistics industry.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 1, 2022

I just returned from the Automotive Logistics and Supply Chain Conference in Detroit. This annual event explores supply chain management and how logistics can succeed in a fast-changing environment. I am feeling energized by what I learned and the people I spoke to while there.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

No matter the hurdles of 2020, Logistics was up for the challenge. To adjust to a new logistics footprint, operations are catering to smaller and more frequent shipments, while increasing its stronghold in eCommerce. Now it’s time for logistics to up its game — again. Boundaryless Orchestration.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 18, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic changed just about every facet of our personal and professional lives, but its impact has been especially dramatic for logistics professionals. Remember the days when you would tell new acquaintances that you worked in logistics — and they weren’t really sure what that meant? They are purely objective.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 2, 2024

The logistics landscape has changed significantly since then, but Blue Yonder’s capabilities have evolved along with it. With this new tool, manufacturers, retailers and logistics service providers (LSP) can benefit from Blue Yonder optimization tools via integration to their existing TMS.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Seedcom Logistics implemented Blue Yonder Warehouse Management to streamline their processes and optimize inventory management. Kimberly-Clark leveraged Blue Yonder Transportation Management to achieve significant freight cost reductions and operational efficiencies.

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BlueYonder

MAY 14, 2021

One of the factors in that evaluation would also be the freight costs you incurred for that container and any additional costs if you are expediting another shipment. If you were to check the freight invoice, you probably paid four times the cost of the container as compared to last year! Peaking Rates. Chart Source: Freightwaves).

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 8, 2022

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. labor shortages, and the highest spot-rate freight charges in years. supply chain disruptions?,

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 17, 2024

I’ve been there for more than four years and sit in the retail sector and had the fortune to work with big brands to drive change and efficiency across their omni-channel logistics and fulfillment. But that primed me for my career since I was often the only woman in the room in logistics organizations.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

million and a land area of nearly 4,500 square miles — about half the size of New Jersey — Qatar is about to become an epicenter of global logistics. If this sounds nearly impossible, consider that it’s only part of the supply chain, logistics and commerce challenge associated with the World Cup. With a population of just 2.9

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The trucking industry hauled 73% of all freight transported in the U.S. billion tons of freight, according to the American Trucking Associations (ATA). billion in gross freight revenues (primary shipments only). How will logistics operations continue to move goods across the U.S., in 2019, equating to 11.84 uninterrupted?

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 24, 2023

Significant Upheaval Terence: From collaboration to planning to control towers and logistics, automotive companies and suppliers are digitalizing processes and systems at a historic pace to improve competitiveness, profitability, and customer-centricity. Can we use premium freight? Can we get the supplies from an alternate source?

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Transportation and Logistics Disruptions. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen the important role that logistics plays in the supply chain. Despite the frequent disruptions, from major cross-continent ones to other sudden events, they work long hours and spend holidays to keep the supply chain and logistics network flowing.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 6, 2013

The trade imbalance this causes is an interesting case study for the economists no doubt, but what about the transportation and logistics that will be needed to sustain this trade over the coming years? Any impartial observer will agree that the logistics infrastructure needed to capitalize on this increased trade does not exist.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 30, 2021

The supply chain execution and logistics market has been transitioning to one that is supported by a broader range of networks. Carrier network related services are benefiting shippers and logistics service providers tremendously. To learn more visit BlueYonder.com.

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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. And thanks to their work with Blue Yonder , they have been able to digitize their logistics processes, removing hard copy paper from the process.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 11, 2013

The evolution to global transportation management is possible because the coalescence of three trends is creating additional value for companies able to master the complexities of global logistics. Transportation & Logistics Global Logistics Network Agility transportation Transportation Management Center'

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BlueYonder

APRIL 16, 2021

The supply chain execution and logistics market has been transitioning to one that is supported by a broader range of networks. A major shift we see is that companies are becoming comfortable in tapping into networks and platform business models to procure space, resources, freight capacity , and more, on an as-needed-basis.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Brief highlights of logistics investments over the last three decades. Those logistics professionals who went through the ‘90s remember the period that warehouse automation was trending at the forefront of capital investment in supply chains. Globally, logistics professionals are navigating their companies through the challenges.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 15, 2024

Moving and Storing Goods as Efficiently as Possible Fulfillment is expensive — everyone knows that, and nobody feels it more than freight and logistics teams. For both the service promise and the order to be fulfilled, the entire supply chain needs to be reorganized to be orchestrated around customer expectations from end to end.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Blockchain technology is causing a big disruption for logistics companies and has the potential to make the supply chain more efficient, transparent and secure. blockchain company Skuchain partnered with NTT Data to build a blockchain platform for supply chain and logistics management. Recently, U.S. Chains of Freedom.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 10, 2022

In the session “Magic Quadrant for Third-Party Logistics, Worldwide,” Susan Boylan painted a picture of continuing adjustments by 3PLs. She highlighted the trend of increasing ocean freight capacity, but she maintained that the capacity will not be enough. We Are Not Out of the Woods Yet”. More Insights from this Symposium to Come.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 19, 2022

Two top European shippers — Maersk and DSV — have warned that freight costs will likely remain high well into 2022, adding to the global supply chain chaos. Logistics planners can identify suppliers shipping out of the conflict area with deliveries at risk, positioning them to define alternative strategies.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Blockchain technology is causing a big disruption for logistics companies and has the potential to make the supply chain more efficient, transparent and secure. blockchain company Skuchain partnered with NTT Data to build a blockchain platform for supply chain and logistics management. Recently, U.S. Chains of Freedom.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The logistics side of retail hasn’t escaped the labor shortage. Unified Logistics. Logistics executives are ex p ressing a desire in the 2021 Logistics Executive Survey to enhance warehouse and transportation management by investing in the next wave of digital transformation, a shift to the cloud and invest in AI/ML.

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BlueYonder

MAY 30, 2014

Logistics Service Providers (LSPs) were the center of the cargo transportation universe and the shippers were fully reliant on them for all their logistics needs. Shippers have begun reversing the outsourcing trends and are planning their own logistics needs through the use of advanced logistics planning platforms.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Enabled by a completely transparent logistics framework, the organization can optimize last-mile logistics in real time as conditions continue to change, using flexible alternatives like external freight networks.

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BlueYonder

MAY 30, 2024

The 2024 Finished Vehicle Logistics North America Conference , which took place May 21-23 in California, was a good place for automotive companies to learn about innovative strategies and solutions to drive their supply chains forward. As we heard at the conference, the vehicle logistics industry is responding.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 11, 2021

s freight system. Blue Yonder offers a full end-to-end suite of supply chain solutions that can help your business weather the supply chain apocalypse of 2021, including our Luminate Control Tower , Luminate Logistics , and Luminate Commerce solutions.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

its transportation management and how well it continually procures, plans, executes and monitors freight. Today, a company’s success is largely driven by: its network design and how that company manages its supply, production and distribution locations. Let’s take a closer look at each of these key areas. Network design.

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