Celebrating Truck Drivers Today and Everyday
If you bought it, it’s likely that a truck brought it. Every day, 24/7/365 truck drivers are crossing not only the nation, but roads across the globe delivering goods to our homes, our local stores, hospitals, warehouses, plants, and beyond. It’s a tough job, completed…
Honey, I Shrunk the Merchandise! How Missing Merchandise Hurts Retailers
Having started my retail career at the age of 17, I speak from experience when I say…retail is a hard business! In my 30+ years working in retail I often said, “Retail, you’ve got to love it…especially if you are going to make a career…
AI in Commerce: Takeaways from The Edge Summit
In a soon-to-be released survey conducted by Blue Yonder, 97% of the retail executive respondents stated it was a priority to adopt AI for omni-channel applications. That’s a big number, but it’s also not surprising. I just had the privilege of attending a timely and…
Understanding the True Value of OMS: Seven Signs of Optimization
Having a disjointed view of inventory and customer data across both physical and online channels is no longer an option for retailers. Effective order management in the present day requires end-to-end connectivity of intuitive, automated solutions that can optimize customer data and ensure a supply…
Blue Yonder’s Analyst Workbench Arms Your Team with Actionable Data
This blog was cowritten by Sukesh Dixit, Product Director, and Nina Seth, Marketing Director. For the past few years, supply chain uncertainty has tested every company. The world’s supply chains have been stalled by challenges like labor capacity, imperfect inventory positioning, unpredictable supply, rising costs,…
Blue Yonder and Snowflake Are Helping Enterprises Reimagine the Way They Plan, Execute and Deliver
It has become nearly impossible to predict changes in supply and demand patterns. On the supply side, there are increasingly frequent supply disruptions, part shortages and cost pressures. On the demand side, customer preferences remain volatile, and this is further exacerbated by the growing threat…
How Do Consumers Feel About Retail’s Evolving Return Policies?
Consumers who have recently needed to make a return after shopping at a retailer might have noticed some extra fine print at the check-out counter. Over the past several months, many retailers have tightened their return restrictions, whether that means shortening the return window (e.g.,…
Inventory Distortion Will Cost Retailers $1.77 Trillion in 2023. Here’s How Blue Yonder Can Help.
It’s always been challenging for retailers to put the right product in the right location at the right time. But the past several years have made it seem nearly impossible, thanks to fast-changing consumer needs, increased competition, the growth of omni-channel, supply shortages, and transportation…
Building a Business Case for Order Management Transformation
Supply chain and order management transformation in the retail space is a must, but how many organizations actually know what the results of their investments will be, from day one? It’s time to re-evaluate the business case for this strategic overhaul. It sounds like an…
The Next Supply Chain Game Changer: Blue Yonder Orchestrator
Leveraging Large Language Models to Turn Complexity into Opportunity This blog was co-written by Sai Buddhavarapu, VP, Product Management, and Angela Troccoli, Senior Product Marketing Director. Operating in today’s disruptive and complex global environment can be challenging for any supply chain. Changes in demand, unexpected…