What’s Your Returns Strategy?
Our research reveals 63% of merchants consider returns a significant problem for their business. With high processing, sorting, and restocking costs and ever-rising return rates, it’s clear that returns are implicated in many of the challenges that retailers face today. The simple truth is that…
Winning On and Off the Pitch
This blog post was written by Wayne Snyder, Vice President, Industry Strategy – Retail EMEA, and Gael Ramaen, Corporate Vice President – EMEA. Both are avid football (also called soccer in other parts of the world) fans and will be cheering on their respective teams…
Supercharging Fulfillment for a More Efficient, Customer-Centric Supply Chain
It’s easy to think about fulfillment as comprising the final steps in the supply chain, but the truth is that the conditions faced in warehouses and delivery vehicles are determined much earlier in the supply chain than in the last mile, so to speak. Supercharging…
Retailers Say Technology Is a Key Enabler of Omni-Channel Success
The shift to omni-channel selling has created many challenges for retailers across their order management and fulfillment operations. Demand forecasts need to be accurate to ensure profitability — even in the face of unprecedented volatility. Consumers need real-time visibility to inventory. Products must be strategically…
It’s Time to Re-think Merchandise Financial Planning
Think back over the last three years: a global pandemic, ongoing supply shortages, the Great Resignation, war in Europe, the return inflation, and the threat of recession. Then think about your current merchandise financial planning approach: starting with previous year’s performance before spending countless hours…
A Fast Solution To Slow Movers in Blue Yonder Fulfillment
If You’re Not Using Fulfillment Slow Mover Logic, You Might Be Missing Out This blog is co-written by Tony Verdi, Customer Success, and Jennifer Brox, Industry & Solution Marketing Are you feeling pressure from above to squeeze even more margin out of your network? How…
The Hidden Heroics of Commerce Capacity Capabilities
“Available to promise.” This concept has become ever more important in retail. As customer expectations grow, retailers must deliver a smooth, omni-channel experience and give people what they want, when they want it. Retail leaders understand this point. In a 2022 Blue Yonder survey, executives…
5 Reasons Retailers Need To Enhance Inventory & Fulfillment Decisioning Capabilities
Omni-channel shopping has become an integral part of our lives. Gone are the days when the focus was solely on becoming omni-channel or providing omni-channel options to demanding customers. Now, the conversation has shifted to optimization. Retailers must enhance their inventory and fulfillment decisioning capabilities…
Make the Promise, Keep the Promise: How an Integrated Supply Chain Fosters Greater Trust
In the retail industry, on-time in-full (OTIF) isn’t just a target — it’s the value system at the heart of retail that keeps the industry alive. When orders are delivered on time and in full, the fulfilled promise doesn’t just build trust with the customer;…
How To Compete With Retail Giants — Without Spending a Fortune
The competitive landscape keeps getting tougher for retailers. That’s especially true as industry giants grow and grab more market share. How can retailers survive, and even thrive, in this environment? And how can they do it without the massive resources of a large retailer? One…