No sólo sobreviva a la temporada de compras: prospere con estrategias de planificación para la temporada alta
La temporada alta es un período decisivo para los minoristas. Con mayores expectativas de los clientes y un mayor volumen de pedidos, es primordial ofrecer experiencias excepcionales manteniendo la eficiencia. Desafortunadamente, la presión para satisfacer la demanda a menudo conduce a estrategias reactivas que pueden…
Blue Yonder is a Leader For the 13th Time in a Row in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for WMS – Special Thanks to Our Customers and Team!
This blog was co-written by Terence Leung and Clint Riser with Blue Yonder’s Industry & Solutions Marketing team. Companies across the manufacturing, retail, and logistics service provider industries are facing several major chronic challenges that impact their supply chains. These challenges include: Blue Yonder is…
Executing Through Uncertainty: The Problem of Inventory Rebalancing
For supply chain professionals, there is always a conundrum when balancing supply and demand. Traditional order management or enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems do their best to execute an optimal balance, and they can be sufficient during normal operations. But a sudden imbalance is enough…
Blue Yonder Associate Shares Experience of Being Left-Handed in a Right-Handed World
Each year on Aug. 13, the world celebrates International Left Handers Day. This day raises awareness about the challenges left-handers face in a predominantly right-handed world. Blue Yonder associate Nina Seth shares her insights into being left-handed in this DIVE In blog post. Oh, to…
Optimize and Automate Your Planning and Scheduling With Blue Yonder
Manufacturers of cars and trucks — as well as other large-scale manufacturing enterprises — face tough challenges. With their high capital investments, long lead times and rising operations costs, they’ve been hit especially hard by the disruptions that characterize all supply chains today. From extreme…
How To Sharpen Up Your Customer Focus With Returns Feedback
Steve Jobs was desperate to make Apple focus on customers. “Some people say, ‘Give the customers what they want.’ But that’s not my approach. Our job is to figure out what they’re going to want before they do.” That’s a classic Jobs quote you’re probably…
How To Talk to Customers About Returns
As in so many things, communication is key when dealing with e-commerce returns. Marketers often discuss brand touchpoints, meaning the website, physical store locations, advertisements, sponsorships, and most crucially, when using, wearing or owning the product. However, one under-appreciated and crucially important brand touchpoint is…
Blue Yonder Associate Pursues Passion Through Ongoing Education
This DIVE In blog post was contributed by Blue Yonder associate Sekhar Variam, Senior Principal Software Engineer, who recently earned his master’s degree and shares his lessons learned along the journey. We all have dreams. Whether it’s to compete in the Olympics, learn to cook…
Challenges in Supply Chain for Medical Devices: Part 2
Supply chains for medical devices are becoming increasingly complex and face unique challenges. In Part 1 of our series on challenges in supply chain for medical devices, we delved into these complexities and discussed solutions that can help drive these businesses to the next level,…
Adding a Decade of First and Last Mile Lessons to Blue Yonder’s Future
Having spent a decade (which I recognize is not a massively long time in this industry!) working in the front line of the first and last mile, I wanted to discuss some of the key changes I’ve seen from our unique perspective as Doddle –…