How Retail Can Align Inventory Placement With Demand This 2023 Holiday Season
It’s no great revelation to claim that consumer behavior has fundamentally changed. Or perhaps that should be ”is fundamentally changing,” given that the goalposts and patterns of shopper habits don’t settle in any one spot for long, like they used to. There are patterns to…
What if Your ERP Never Gets Out of the ER?
How to transform your supply chain (without waiting for your ERP to recover) Wholesale distribution and manufacturing (WD&M) has entered a new era where agility, speed and accuracy are no longer nice-to-haves, but rather uncompromising must-haves for meeting the new omni-channel B2B customer expectation. Once…
Revolutionize Your Supply Chain With Cognitive Demand Planning: Insights From 2023 Survey
In the rapidly evolving landscape of supply chain management, precision, agility, and resilience are the keys to success. A recent survey of demand planners’ concerns and day-to-day experiences sheds light on the challenges faced by planning teams today and highlights the pressing need for innovative…
How an Optimized Supply Chain Can Tame Costs and Maximize Revenue This Holiday Season 2023
Increasingly, the end-of-year holiday shopping season has become a double-edged financial sword for Q4 retail revenue performance. On one hand, early bird shoppers are getting a head start in Q3, fearful of inflation. The arrival of Amazon Prime Day has revived shoppers increasingly unmoved by…
Why Wholesale Distribution Should Be Driving Interoperability Across the Supply Chain
Agility, resilience, sustainability, and efficiency: these are the goals of the modern supply chain. But ever-increasing levels of complexity and ongoing supply chain instability make actualizing these ideals a significant challenge. Now more than ever, supply chain stakeholders need to work closely together to maximize…
Blue Yonder Associate’s Hope To Bring Awareness to Pancreatic Cancer
If you had asked me eight years ago if I knew what pancreatic cancer was or that November was Pancreatic Cancer Awareness month, I would have said “no.” However, that all changed when in August 2016, my world was shattered – my mom was diagnosed…
Optimize Your Logistics, From the First Mile to the Last
Today’s logistics teams face enormous challenges. Fluctuating demand, coupled with an omni-channel selling environment, has driven higher volumes of smaller orders — as well as a great deal of day-to-day uncertainty. The “Amazon effect” continues to increase customer expectations for fast, low-cost delivery. Labor shortages…
AI in Demand Planning — Are You Utilizing Your Full Potential?
In today’s fast-paced world of modern business, supply chains are the backbone of seamless operations. The ability to efficiently manage the flow of goods and services from manufacturing to the end consumer is paramount. In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative…
Blue Yonder Associate Shares Adoption Journey
November is National Adoption Month. For many children waiting for a good home, and families waiting to be complete, adoption fills their lives with love. We spoke to Blue Yonder associate Dan Berreth who adopted his daughter last year. Dan and his wife also have…
How To Make Sure Your Retail Workforce Won’t Need a Holiday After Holiday Season 2023
First, it’s Amazon Prime Day on Oct. 10, then comes Black Friday on Nov. 24, closely followed by Cyber Monday on Nov. 27. With at least three major discount events, the 2023 holiday season will surely put store and warehouse teams to daily tests of…