How Logistics and Supply Chain Careers Allow You “To Leave Your Mark,” Part 1
In honor of National Logistics Day, which is June 28, I share a recap of a conversation I recently had with my colleague Ann Marie Jonkman, who leads Blue Yonder’s 3PL Industry Strategy. Ann Marie shares highlights from her logistics career and what she has…
Key Learnings from the Gartner Supply Chain Symposium in Barcelona
Peter Drucker wrote in his book “Managing in the Next Society” that “the biggest challenge for the large company and especially for the multinational may be its social legitimacy – its values, its mission, its vision. Everything else can be outsourced.” This idea, coupled with…
Learnings and Insights From the 2023 Gartner® Supply Chain Symposium: Part 2
Last month, at the 2023 Gartner® Supply Chain Symposium in Orlando, Florida, there were many key supply chain themes that emerged. This is Part 2 of the learnings and insights from the discussions with supply chain leaders and from additional sessions by Gartner analysts about…
Learnings and Insights From the 2023 Gartner® Supply Chain Symposium
Earlier this month, at the 2023 Gartner® Supply Chain Symposium in Orlando, Florida, there were many key supply chain themes that emerged. This blog highlights these themes, as well as how the Gartner Magic Quadrants™ are evolving. Key Supply Chain Themes There is a path…
In Challenging Times, Advanced Technology Provides the Answer
Recently Blue Yonder released the findings of its annual Supply Chain Executives Survey1, which echoed many of the key themes we heard at ICON 2023. It is clear that, across industries, companies are still challenged to operate their supply chains profitably and predictably in the…
For the Third Year in a Row, Blue Yonder Is a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Supply Chain Planning Solutions Report
Our customers are benefiting from innovative AI/ ML capabilities and real-time data across the end-to-end supply chain For the third year in a row, Blue Yonder is named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Supply Chain Planning (SCP) Solutions report1. Blue Yonder were…
National Supply Chain Day AMA
In honor of National Supply Chain Day on April 29, we hosted an AMA (Ask Me Anything) where viewers pre-submitted their burning supply chain questions for our expert, Dave Hamilton, Senior Director of Retail Industry Strategy, to answer. Below is an abbreviated version of the…
How You Can Master Supply Chain Risk
Media outlets, as well as financial institutions like the New York Federal Reserve, are noting that supply chain pressures have eased significantly since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic three years ago. This should have a positive impact on both general levels of inflation and…
How Would You Explain Supply Chain to Your Grandmother?
My grandma recently asked me to explain what is supply chain, and this is how our conversation went 👇 Granny: Tell me, my boy, explain to me again what you do at work? Me: I work in supply chain. Granny: What, chain? 𝗠𝗲: Supply chain,…
Supply Chain Resilience: Three Lessons from the Leaders
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. But the truth is that supply…