Advanced Production Scheduling: A Growing Imperative
In the dynamic manufacturing landscape, planning orders into production is no longer a routine task. It’s become a pivotal competency that can significantly impact a manufacturer’s efficiency, productivity, profitability and service levels. Why is intelligent production planning so essential? Because, in today’s disrupted supply chain,…
Modernizing the Supply Chain Dramatically Increases Operational Efficiency
Operational efficiency cannot happen in silos anymore. The modern supply chain is too complex to make changes without considering the effects it will have on every other stage. Companies know this, but making holistic changes seems too overwhelming, so they prolong any major upgrades. Unfortunately,…
New Tariffs Are Coming. LSPs Need to Prepare Now.
While there’s still some uncertainty about the timing and the exact details, it seems clear that the new Trump Administration will impose tariffs on goods coming into the U.S. from China, Canada, Mexico and other countries in the coming weeks and months. While the new…
The Network Effect Part 2: Key Concepts And Value Of Network Effect
This is part two of a two part series on the Network Effect in Supply Chains. You can read part one here. In today’s world, companies will not generate market share without a well thought out and activated network effect strategy. Businesses are embracing resilient supply chain networks…
How Your Technical Architecture Can Unleash AI
Blue Yonder research found that 80% of global organizations have piloted or implemented generative artificial intelligence (AI) in their supply chains. However, going beyond a pilot and embedding AI into business processes to truly realize its maximum potential is a major challenge. According to the…
Omni-Channel for 2025 and Beyond: Blue Yonder’s New Launch Sets Stage for Seamless Customer Experiences
Although the retail landscape continually evolves, retailers‘ core challenge remains the same as we enter 2025: meeting ever-rising customer expectations across all channels. This requires robust, agile technology capable of managing accurate, real-time inventory across omni-channel platforms, orchestrating seamless returns, and adapting to fluctuating demand….
The Top 10 Causes of Shipping Delays — and How to Mitigate Them
Getting shipments from the production facility or warehouse to the retail store or the consumer’s doorstep is a lot more complicated than it used to be. Today’s supply chains span thousands of miles, cross continents and oceans, rely on multiple modes of transportation, and involve…
The Network Effect Part 1: Driving Value Across the Supply Chain Ecosystem
In recent years, companies have outgrown the traditional capabilities provided by hub and spoke, enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions. Based on an increasingly omni-channel world, these systems are challenged to handle the combination of downstream demand variability, upstream supplier variability, and the risk that comes…
Navigating the Future of Supply Chain Planning: Blue Yonder’s Insights From the 2024 Gartner® Supply Chain Planning Summit
I had the pleasure of attending the Gartner® Supply Chain Planning Summit 2024, held on Dec. 3 – 4 in Denver, CO. This event offered a unique opportunity to engage with industry leaders and gain firsthand insights into the latest trends and innovations in supply…
4 Types of Supply Chain Control Towers
The term control tower has been grossly overused in the domain of supply chain management. It’s used to describe practically anything from basic visibility to network-wide fully autonomous solutions. This makes it nearly impossible for anyone looking for a capable solution to effectively compare options…