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Yards Are Hard

Logistics Viewpoints

Managing yard and warehouse operations has long been one of the thornier aspects of transportation logistics. Yards are a choke point between transportation and warehousing — and wherever you have choke points, you have a higher risk of inefficiencies that drive up labor costs, detention fees and delivery commitments.

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Schrödinger’s Inventory: Managing Returned Stock

BlueYonder

That’s a relatable frustration to anyone who works in inventory management! Now, while retail inventory doesn’t usually have a pulse, it’s in a similar situation to Schrödinger’s cat when it heads out into the world. Once goods are in the hands of the customer, they might be sold forever, or they might be returned.

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Executing Through Uncertainty: The Problem of Inventory Rebalancing

BlueYonder

From fulfillment analysts and omni-channel commerce managers to customer success managers, diverse functions are tasked with ensuring that inventory is properly rebalanced following a disruption. Due to a storm, one DC that’s carrying 40 units of inventory is suddenly out of operation. The result?

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5 Reasons Retailers Need To Enhance Inventory & Fulfillment Decisioning Capabilities

BlueYonder

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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Challenges in Supply Chain for Medical Devices: Part 2

BlueYonder

In Part 2, we dive in further into five critical areas of this subject including field inventory, customer centricity, regulations, contract manufacturers, and business planning. Consignment inventory is consigned to medical offices, hospitals, or even patient homes.

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Forget the Crystal Ball. Instead, Link Forecasting Directly to Production Planning.

BlueYonder

Getting the mix wrong comes with serious consequences — excess inventory on the one hand, and lost sales on the other. Not only does multi-echelon inventory optimization, driven by AI and ML, avoid large capital investments in parts and materials, but it also decreases warehousing resources, container space and waste.

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Inventory Distortion Will Cost Retailers $1.77 Trillion in 2023. Here’s How Blue Yonder Can Help.

BlueYonder

But the past several years have made it seem nearly impossible, thanks to fast-changing consumer needs, increased competition, the growth of omni-channel, supply shortages, and transportation issues. What’s the real cost of inaccurate inventory management? trillion problem of inventory distortion.