Coming Full Circle
Sonia Hernandez is the vice president of retail planning at Blue Yonder. She joined the company earlier this year and has more than 25 years’ experience in retail leadership, consulting and software. Her career has been varied, including time at a software startup where she…
Benefits of Blue Yonder Special Interest Group Communities
Through collaboration, organizations can resolve problems and bring their ideas forward faster and more efficiently. That’s why Blue Yonder launched its Special Interest Groups (SIGs) over 20 years ago. Today, Blue Yonder has 37 SIGs with 4,900+ members from over 1,400 companies. Our Mission is…
Embracing Growth and More Career Opportunity
Sowmya Ananthachary is a project director in the product development group at Blue Yonder. She draws on her 17 years with the company to share what makes her role so gratifying (hint: customer success!) and why it is important to raise your hand for opportunities…
Finding Her Strength
Shahrazad Zaid is senior director for global learning experience, the learning arm of Blue Yonder, and is based in Bangalore, India. She is a big believer in being authentic for herself and for leaders of the future. She shares that working hard, having an enterprise…
Finding Balance in an IT World
Swati Malik joined Blue Yonder six months ago and found the fit to be perfect for her IT skills. She lives in Bengaluru, India. Starting her career in finance, Swati made the move to IT and has not looked back. She admits to being a…
Our Commitment to Action to End Racial Injustice
Care, Conversations, and a Commitment to Action. These words highlight Blue Yonder’s response to ending racial injustice. While we have made it clear that we stand with the Black community, we recognize actions speak louder than words. It’s not enough to simply empathize, speak out…
My Superhero’s Cape
This year, in honor of Father’s Day, we focus our Wednesdays for Women posts on sharing two perspectives of fatherhood. The first last week was from a Blue Yonder dad raising two girls. The second this week is written by a Blue Yonder daughter. Carla…
Apparel Retail Planning for a New World
While the COVID-19 global pandemic is unprecedented, it has only exacerbated an already unpredictable demand environment for apparel retailers. Current events have dramatically revealed the weaknesses in retailers’ forecasting…
Advice For My Daughters
Father’s Day is a day honoring fatherhood. In the U.S. the day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June. The bond of fatherhood comes in many forms. This year, in honor of fathers, we focus our Wednesdays for Women posts on sharing two perspectives…
Resilience Post COVID-19: Planning to Win the ‘New Normal’
This blog was co-authored by George Fowler, GVP at Spinnaker. Blue Yonder is committed to helping its customers face the unexpected. To provide insights into the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic and its impact on supply chains around the world, we are delivering a blog series to…