BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Global Complexities Terence: Industrial manufacturing companies are modifying their supply chain landscape and operations to prepare for the new world. And when you look at the end-to-end supply chain, from all the suppliers to all the manufacturing facilities around the world, the complexity has grown by several orders of magnitude.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 14, 2021

IHL’s latest report on the future of grocery shows some hard lessons learned from the 2020 disruptions, especially when it comes to inventory accuracy. This helps ensure that available inventory is the right mix of high-demand items, without having too much stock. Let’s take a closer look at why these technologies matter.

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BlueYonder

JULY 1, 2024

In today’s rapidly evolving automotive industry that is significantly impacted by macroeconomic challenges, government regulations, geopolitical tensions, software proliferation, and changing customer expectations, optimizing supply chain processes has become crucial for maintaining a competitive edge.

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ThroughPut

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Stalwart with two decades of experience spearheading multi-billion dollar supply chain transformations at leading global companies joins ThroughPut Advisory Board today announced the addition of Steve Robinson to its Board of Advisors. Industrial companies today are looking for faster supply chain damage control.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 8, 2023

For retailers trying to align inventory with demand this 2023 holiday season, it’ll be like catching falling apples from an uprooted tree in full flight. Despite all the complexity in predicting the season, there are clear clues for how to tactically leverage inventory placement. It needn’t be too much of a juggling act.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 1, 2024

Retailers must enhance their inventory and fulfillment decisioning capabilities to thrive in this dynamic landscape. Efficiently allocating inventory across channels while minimizing costs is no small feat. Siloed processes, fragmented inventory visibility, and costly fulfillment practices plague their operations. Here’s how: a.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 23, 2024

It’s easy to think about fulfillment as comprising the final steps in the supply chain, but the truth is that the conditions faced in warehouses and delivery vehicles are determined much earlier in the supply chain than in the last mile, so to speak. Adopting a customer-centric approach can help achieve this.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

He shared his views on how to apply innovations to solve deep-rooted supply chain challenges and insights into the $1 billion investment in research and development. Gurdip: Our company’s goal is to become the supply chain operating system for the world. Supply chain is truly having its zeitgeist moment.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 12, 2023

Recent reports have highlighted the challenges many retailers are having with excess inventory. With supply chain disruptions continuing, purchasing more stock in advance to meet the forecasted upturn in demand made perfect sense. Real-life kicks in, trends change and alongside death and taxes, excess inventory is certain.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 8, 2024

A recent Gartner survey confirmed that more than two-thirds of Chief Supply Chain Officers (CSCOs) are still recovering from the last major disruption when the next one comes along – a continuous barrage of challenges that proves that responsive supply chains are going to struggle in a state of constant volatility.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Highlights from the High-Tech Industry Summit Blue Yonder’s High-Tech Industry Summit, cosponsored by Microsoft and Ernst & Young LLP , brought together over 50 supply chain practitioners from 18 diverse high-tech companies to Microsoft’s Technology Center in Mountain View, California, in October. Kudos to the Micron team!

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 31, 2023

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. Salim: Our automotive customers are increasingly looking at how to counter inflation but at the same time how to enable supply chain resiliency.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 1, 2023

Last month, at the 2023 Gartner ® Supply Chain Symposium in Orlando, Florida, there were many key supply chain themes that emerged. The Lenovo supply chain has over 150 million annual shipments (about 4 to 5 devices per second) and 3,600 Tier-1 suppliers. Read Part 1 to gain additional insights.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 28, 2024

When orders are delivered on time and in full, the fulfilled promise doesn’t just build trust with the customer; it also builds trust between the links in the supply chain. Nevertheless, building profound and lasting trust between retailers and their customers — as well as between every link in the retail supply chain — is possible.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 13, 2023

This idea, coupled with the state of the global economy, has led many organizations to scrutinize their supply chains and consider outsourcing logistical operations to third-party logistics (3PLs) providers when it makes sense. Everything else can be outsourced.”

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BlueYonder

APRIL 19, 2022

In her recent blog post , Anusha Shankar discussed this tragedy, as well as the need to help Blue Yonder customers navigate the significant supply chain challenges that have resulted from this war — such as blocked transportation lanes and airspace, production shutdowns, dramatic increases in fuel costs, and product and material shortfalls.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 3, 2023

After almost three exhausting years of back-to-back supply chain disruptions, it would be nice to think that someday we’ll return to a “normal” state where demand patterns were easily predictable, supply conditions were consistent and consumer expectations were stable. And that certainly applies to supply chains.

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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. Short-Term Responses to Ever-Evolving Challenges Delving into those challenges, a lot has been discussed about external, “black swan” events that have disrupted supply chains across most sectors in recent years.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In the rapidly evolving landscape of supply chain management, precision, agility, and resilience are the keys to success. Demand planners play a pivotal role in supply chain management. Embrace the power of Cognitive Demand Planning and revolutionize your supply chain management today. The Time Is Now.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 16, 2022

As many countries around the world enforce economic sanctions against Russia, global logistics networks are struggling to isolate Russian products while still ensuring inventory availability. As multiple countries plunge into recession and critical product shortages loom, supply chain professionals must take aggressive action.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 24, 2023

Salim: What we are seeing on the supply side is complexity with increased volatility and uncertainty. As we have observed in the last two years, the magnitude and the frequency of supply chain disruptions are on the rise. This industry is seeing a double whammy with demand and supply issues. Can we expedite?

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BlueYonder

JUNE 27, 2023

I started in supply chain planning and specifically transportation planning on the Sears account back in the day. And from there, my career pivoted into private equity-backed companies, taking care of customers and their end-to-end supply chain solution implementations. Another challenge is having just enough inventory.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 17, 2023

In this Part 2 blog post, we will continue to explore how consumer packaged goods manufacturers can improve supply chain competitiveness, profitability, and sustainability. Shri: Supply chain obviously is top-of-mind. They may need to further optimize inventory across the supply chain.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 9, 2020

This touches almost every aspect of supply chain in every industry: from ethical sourcing to incorporating recyclability into the design, to biodegradable packaging materials, to end-to-end supply chains that can lower waste, buffer, and excess and obsolete inventory. We hope to see you online!

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

It’s a difficult situation for supply chains, in which demand “localization” will play a key role, even though that demand will be centered in one small geographic spot. If this sounds nearly impossible, consider that it’s only part of the supply chain, logistics and commerce challenge associated with the World Cup.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 12, 2017

You may be wondering why the number of raspberry gourmet coffee boxes Kroger has in their inventory at their store in rural Georgia even matters, but it does and here’s why: Inventory management is a critical part of every company’s supply chain and is a large part of the operating costs in all industries.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Supply Chain Disruption. In a series of blog articles, the Product/Solution Marketing team explores innovative solutions to guard against supply chain disruptions. Unfortunately, what we’re seeing in China may be only the beginning of a new era of supply chain disruption driven by climate change. In the U.S.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Supply chain optimization has never been more essential to overall business success than it is today. A study by Bank of America Global Research, cited by Reuters , found that mentions of “supply chain” increased by 412% in third-quarter earnings calls hosted by Fortune 500 companies this year, compared to 2020.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 21, 2022

This is an article co-authored by Terence Leung , Senior Director of Product Marketing for Supply Chain Execution, and Nina Seth , Director of Product Marketing for Commerce for Blue Yonder. Omni-Channel Inventory Management. Let’s start with inventory management. Online grocery sales are soaring to new heights.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Welcome to our series where we give you the scoop on five things you may have missed in supply chain news. are filled with inventory. The post 5 Things You May Have Missed in Supply Chain News appeared first on Supply Chain Nation. You can also catch the full rundown from our?Blue

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BlueYonder

JULY 26, 2022

How can retailers connect the two, so that inventory is optimally located for that final leg of the journey? Linking demand and fulfillment with inventory planning remains an underexplored advantage that will help combat consumer expectations that span not just speed and convenience, but sustainability too. In the U.S.,

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BlueYonder

MARCH 15, 2024

It may come as an unpleasant surprise that competing KPIs are destroying value across the supply chain. In this context, “end-to-end” describes a holistic approach to identifying and solving supply chain hiccups in one link in the chain and considering how this might affect every other link in the same chain.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

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. Let’s start with the advice regarding inventory management. Another aspect of inventory is the ability to support real-time reservations.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

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. Looking ahead, supply chains will be focused on ways to combat today’s current macro-view of our landscape. Foreign trade policies are weakening.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 10, 2023

Improving supply chain competitiveness, profitability and sustainability are now key considerations for the CXOs (which includes CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, and Chief Supply Chain Officers), not just Chief Planning Officer. Key Supply Chain Capabilities. Key Trends and Opportunities. Business Needs.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 15, 2020

But this pivot has required investment in the right supply chain and commerce fulfillment solutions. Blue Yonder’s inventory availability microservice gives them a view of real-time inventory availability at enterprise and local levels to make real-time sourcing and order promising decisions that incent customers to buy.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

From extreme weather to port closures, disruptions all too frequently upset these teams’ carefully defined plans for getting inventory from Point A to Point B — leading to stockouts and dissatisfied customers. Intelligent Rebalancer can work across both inventory and order data to define the most efficient fulfillment plan.

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