From Shortages to Surpluses: MedTech and Pharma’s Demand Planning Remedy
In the current business environment, a company’s global supply chain can make or break its success, regardless of industry. The stakes are especially high, however, for pharmaceutical, medical device, and health care manufacturers and distributors. If planners fail to accurately match supply with demand, the…
One Network Enterprises Named Leader in Nucleus Research’s Control Tower Technology Value Matrix™ 2024 for the Ninth Consecutive Year
One Network Enterprises (One Network), a Blue Yonder company, the global leader of supply chain control towers and provider of the Digital Supply Chain Network™, has been ranked as a Leader by Nucleus Research, a provider of case-based technology research and advisory services, in its…
Empowering Demand Planners With AI
It’s increasingly difficult to forecast demand accurately in today’s volatile, disrupted environment. Smart planning teams are turning to artificial intelligence. Has there ever been a more challenging time to accurately predict demand? Today, supply chain planners must contend with inflation, high interest rates and other…
How Blue Yonder’s Acquisition of One Network Enterprises Reinvents Supply Chain Management
Today, Blue Yonder completed its acquisition of One Network Enterprises, a global supply chain network and provider of the Intelligent Control Tower. The move has been described as a “shakeup of the supply chain software market,” and as one that will “change the landscape in…
Nucleus Research Names Blue Yonder a Leader in Supply Chain Planning Value Matrix™ 2024. Again.
Supply chain and IT leaders are under tremendous pressure to make the right decisions regarding supply chain planning technology investments. This investment should not only solve today’s problems but also be ready to tackle unseen future challenges, including Black Swan events like the recent IT…
How Can Your Supply Chain Become Even More Resilient?
This article first appeared in Logistics Viewpoints. As we kick off the summer of 2024, three years past the emergence of COVID-19, we are still seeing the effects of the pandemic on the world’s supply chains. As supply chain professionals, COVID-19 made us recognize that…
My Notes From the Gartner® Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo™ in Barcelona
Last month, I had the pleasure of presenting at the 2024 Gartner® Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo™, held in Barcelona, Spain. While the event attracted over 2,000 attendees from all over the world, what struck me was that we’re all facing the same challenges today as supply…
Supply Chain Teams Are Investing in Technology. But Are They Maximizing Their Returns?
In a previous blog post, I discussed some highlights from Blue Yonder’s 2024 Supply Chain Executive Survey. In talking with 600 C-suite and senior executives around the world, we discovered that they share three primary challenges: ongoing supply chain disruptions, rising operating costs, and growing…
Reinventing Supply Chain Management at Hannover Messe
More than 120,000 visitors descended on Hannover Messe in April, as leaders from the electronics, automotive, industrial, aerospace, and energy sectors came together to educate, inspire and connect for higher performance and improved sustainability. The theme this year was “Energizing a Sustainable Industry,” and much…
Blue Yonder Named a Leader in 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Supply Chain Planning Solutions
Gartner has just released its 2024 Magic Quadrant for Supply Chain Planning Solutions report,1 and once again Blue Yonder has been positioned as a Leader based on its “Ability to Execute” and “Completeness of Vision,” as evaluated among 20 vendors. This marks the fourth consecutive…