The Future of Grocery: Enabling a Circular Supply Chain
The grocery industry is at a crossroads—either adapt and stay afloat or remain stationary and hope for the best. Changing consumer trends and expectations have made the traditional grocery retail model incapable of sustaining a successful business. And the pandemic has only sped up the…
Fast Forward to the Future of High-Tech
High-tech manufacturing is in a unique position: it is both a driver of change and at the forefront of its impact. The latest evolution of chips is enabling the next wave of consumer and industrial applications from virtual reality to artificial intelligence. High tech has…
Countdown to CloudCon: Check Out Who’s Speaking
We hope you’ve saved the date for Blue Yonder CloudCon, our free digital conference taking place Oct. 20! It’s a perfect time to join the sharpest minds sharing their experiences and most innovative strategies as organizations are reevaluating how to adapt to today’s dynamics. We’ve…
The New ROI: Return on Inclusion
It’s no secret that many businesses are enacting change to deliver value. For many, that means focusing on diversity and inclusion initiatives that bring meaningful change. With the global adoption of the United Nations 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals, as well as the impact of consumers looking…
6 Key Supply Chain Planning Strategies to Prepare for the New Normal
This blog was co-authored by Steve Thrift, CFPIM, PMP with Chainalytics. By now we all understand the importance of adapting to the impacts of COVID-19. The critical question now is, what do we need to do to prepare for recovery, a potential second wave, and…
Bridging the Gap: Gender Disparity in Supply Chain Leadership
Resilient, agile, able to manage risk and ambiguity – all descriptors of successful supply chains. Is it a mere coincidence that these are also common traits of female CEOs?[i] Korn Ferry Institute research validated this and found that women in these leadership roles were also…
Digital Supply Chains: Now or Never for Retailers
Things have never stood still in the retail world. With lines blurring between physical and digital worlds, and ever-changing consumer demands, retailers find themselves continuously evolving to keep pace with competitors. Today, more than ever, retailers need to be agile, responsive and resilient. The COVID-19…
A Purpose-Driven Series: The Line Between What’s “Right” and What’s Profitable
2020 is the year that lit resilience and agility on fire in supply chain, and for good reason. Supply chain leaders everywhere found themselves asking the same question: what does it take to bounce back from this? As many started digging into their ecosystem and…
Good AI vs. Bad AI
Blue Yonder and WMG, University of Warwick recently released a report exploring the digital readiness of today’s retail supply chains with only 15% of global retailers reporting prescriptive or autonomous supply chains driven by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). However, over half of those surveyed…
Four Ways Blue Yonder Continues to Innovate After 35+ Years of Success
How do you stay agile, and at the same time, support a vast portfolio of products and customers? Blue Yonder serves a large customer base of companies with a varied set of products and capabilities, all of which are leveraged uniquely by different customers. As…