Prime Day Early Access: How Consumers Embraced Amazon’s New Deal Event and What it Means for the Holidays
After months of rumors, Amazon held its new deal event, Prime Early Access Sale, from Oct. 11-12 to officially kick off the 2022 holiday shopping season. With inflation rates still above 8% at the end of September and excess inventory continuing to be an issue,…
More Than a Side Hustle: 5 Steps for CPG Brands to Make D2C a Growth Engine
It’s no secret that the evolution of marketplaces and the COVID-19 pandemic altered consumer behavior over recent years. Now 51% of consumers start their shopping journey in the digital channel. It’s also hardly a revelation that retailers have responded by rethinking their strategies around inventory…
Monolith Versus Microservice Architectures: It’s Time To Let the Latter Revive the Former
Thanks to the impacts of COVID-19, a host of black swan disruption events, and evolving consumer behavior, retailers’ digital transformation strategies went from being a long-term roadmap to an overnight necessity. However, upon this realization, and the incumbent need to revisit their current digital infrastructures,…
5 Key Insights From the 2022 Automotive Logistics and Supply Chain Conference
I just returned from the Automotive Logistics and Supply Chain Conference in Detroit. This annual event explores supply chain management and how logistics can succeed in a fast-changing environment. I am feeling energized by what I learned and the people I spoke to while there….
Three Learnings From the 2022 Quadrant Knowledge Solutions SPARK Matrix™ for WMS
Today’s logistics landscape is evolving. Continued supply chain disruptions, labor shortages and global uncertainty are adding additional supply chain risk. As consumer requirements change with the explosion of e-commerce, both last mile and micro-fulfillment centers are becoming more common. Corporate initiatives are increasing focus to…
Beauty Styles Come and Go – Can Your Order Management Solution Adapt to Ongoing Trends?
Beauty trends come and go and quickly. What’s “in” for Summer is “out” by Fall. Lightweight breathable foundations make way for foundations that keeps dry skin luminous during the colder seasons. And sometimes the latest social media trend (think TikTok) plays a part in elevating…
Supply Chain Disruptions: The Warehouse Perspective (Part 2)
This blog was co-authored by Mark Severns, Product Marketing Director, and Logan Kluth, Product Management Director. In a series of blog articles, the Product/Solution Marketing team explores innovative solutions to guard against supply chain disruptions. In Part 1 of our conversation around disruptions, we highlighted…
Delivering on Our Customer Commitments
Customers are the heart of our company. You hear this a lot from companies, but do their actions say the same thing? For me, customers have always been why I do what I do – help companies succeed by finding the solutions they need to…
Innovative Solutions to Guard Against Warehouse Disruptions and Challenges, Part 1
Warehouse Disruptions In a series of blog articles, the Product/Solution Marketing team explores innovative solutions to guard against supply chain disruptions. The following are insights gained from my discussion with Joe Kozenski, Blue Yonder Director of Product Management, and Mark Severns, Blue Yonder Director of…
Supply Chain Disruptions: The Warehouse Perspective (Part 1)
This blog was co-authored by Mark Severns, Product Marketing Director, and Logan Kluth, Product Management Director. In a series of blog articles, the Product/Solution Marketing team explores innovative solutions to guard against supply chain disruptions. It doesn’t take too many swipes on your favorite news…