Dynamic Safety Stock in Retail
Underselling and overselling are common challenges for most retailers. On the one hand, companies strive to place just enough quantities of goods at the right locations, particularly at the right stores to enable buy-online-pickup-in store (BOPIS). On the other hand, companies fear the risk of…
ICON Partner Highlight: Get To Know Accenture
We’re excited to have you as a sponsor, what excites you most about ICON 2022? It is exciting to finally be able to come back together, in person, at one of the largest supply chain events. We will be able to see how companies have…
Blue Yonder – A Technology Leader in Quadrant Knowledge Solutions SPARK Matrix™: Omnichannel Order Management Systems (OMS), 2022
Blue Yonder is excited to announced that we have been positioned as a Technology Leader in Quadrant Knowledge Solutions’ SPARK Matrix: Omnichannel Order Management Systems (OMS), 2022. The report includes a detailed analysis of the global OMS market, and provides insights into market dynamics, vendor…
Blue Yonder Named a Leader in WFM Technology
Workforce remains top of mind for business leaders because it’s become clear that there’s no end in sight for today’s labor challenges. There are more than 11 million job openings in the United States, and 35% of businesses are experiencing unsustainable turnover rates between 11%…
Three Keys for 4PL Success
This is part 2 of 3 article on the topic of “How 4PL Services Can Help Up the Game in the Omni-Channel World.» As I discussed in my last blog post, the pandemic has driven dramatic growth for fourth-party logistics (4PL) providers. As the world’s…
Strategies To Modernize Your Grocery E-Commerce Supply Chain
This is an article co-authored by Terence Leung, Senior Director of Product Marketing for Supply Chain Execution, and Nina Seth, Director of Product Marketing for Commerce for Blue Yonder Online grocery sales are soaring to new heights. In fact, more than 70% of U.S. households, or 93…
Willpower and Inclusivity: A Story of Setbacks to Comebacks
In today’s DIVE blog Naissa Von Pein, Director of Indirect Spend and Procurement Excellence at Dole Sunshine Group, discusses her personal experiences as a female in supply chain and shares her thoughts about accelerating diversity and inclusion as well as advice she has for other women looking…
The Not-So-Surprising Growth of 4PLs
This is part 1 of 3 article on the topic of “How 4PL Services Can Help Up the Game in the Omni-Channel World.” The COVID-19 pandemic changed just about every facet of our personal and professional lives, but its impact has been especially dramatic for…
Little Luxuries: A Surprising Demand Trend Impacting Category Managers
As I noted in my last blog, record inflation continues to be a significant concern for retailers — because it’s having an enormous and complicated impact on consumer behaviors. Even worse news for retailers? Stressed-out shoppers perceive inflation rates as higher than they actually are….
Developers Invited to Attend Luminate Platform/DEVCON Track at ICON 2022
Disruptive, complex environments are today’s norm. Delayed shipments, trucking concerns, workforce shortages, and cancelled flights all impact supply chains. Blue Yonder’s Luminate™ Platform provides the integrated intelligence and tools necessary to allow Blue Yonder applications to transform uncertainty into certainty, synchronizing supply chain ecosystems and…