Managing Excess Inventory Needs a New Profitable Approach
Recent reports have highlighted the challenges many retailers are having with excess inventory. With supply chain disruptions continuing, purchasing more stock in advance to meet the forecasted upturn in demand made perfect sense. However, the boost in sales was short-lived as inflation and political instability…
Digital Supply Chains Change the Game in Consumer Goods, Part 1
In a series of blog articles, the Product/Solutions Marketing team explores new business challenges and innovation solutions to change the game and manage disruptions. The following are insights gained from my discussion with Shri Hariharan, who leads Blue Yonder’s Consumer Manufacturing Industry Strategy, during a…
Why Blue Yonder Was Recently Recognized for Its OMS Microservices in the 2022 Gartner® Market Guide for Retail Distributed Order Management Systems
We are very excited to announce that Blue Yonder has been recognized for the first time as a Representative Vendor in the latest Gartner® Market Guide for Retail Distributed Order Management Systems. The acceleration of omni-channel commerce in the past few years has put significant…
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…
Nucleus Research Calls Control Towers Essential — and Names Blue Yonder a Leader
Nucleus Research recently released its Control Tower Technology Value Matrix 2022, a report that looks at the competitive landscape for control tower solutions and assesses the technology vendors. Blue Yonder was gratified to be named a “Leader” in the Nucleus report, based on the capabilities…
Managing the Holiday Rush in the Warehouse
This blog was co-authored by Mark Severns, Product Marketing Director, and Logan Kluth, Product Management Director. Whether you are a retailer, manufacturer, 3PL, or in most any other industry, “Black Friday” likely initiates a dramatic shift in the dynamics of your business. In your warehouses…
Blue Yonder Named as a Notable Vendor in the Forrester Order Management System Landscape, Q4 2022
The acceleration of e-commerce in the past few years has put significant pressure on businesses to rethink their entire commerce strategy. Today’s savvy shopper expects seamless and enhanced experiences across channels – in-store and online – with the goal of getting the right product, at…
The Question Facing Retailers: To Substitute or Not to Substitute?
Picture the scene: You’re walking up and down the aisles of your supermarket, making a beeline for the first item on your list. Your usual brand isn’t there. Out of stock. A quick sigh later, and you’ve reached out for the next best thing instead…
Webinar Takeaways: The Next Evolution of Control Towers
Managing supply chains over the past few years has become ever-more challenging. With unexpected disruptions such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the Suez Canal blockage, port strikes, and the Russia/Ukraine conflicts, companies are turning to technology to break down siloed views, mitigate risks and develop more…
Freight and Football/Soccer: Five Interesting Analogies
The whole world is gripped by football/soccer fever these days with the FIFA Football World Cup in Qatar springing one surprise after another. Almost half of the world’s population is glued to their TV sets, following every goal. Even those who do not count themselves…