How My Experience as a Veteran Shaped My Career
Veterans Day is a day set aside to honor those who have served the country in war or peace, acknowledging and thanking them for their service. This year, in honor of Veterans Day, we share four Blue Yonder perspectives. The first this week. Thank you…
A New CPG Model for a New World
The consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry has found itself at a crossroads where new strategies are needed. In the “Henry Ford moment of the digital era,” this well-established growth model, focused on building global brands, broad distribution and economies of scale, is being challenged by…
Be Engaged: Your Voice Matters
There is a slogan that is often touted during an election cycle: Your voice, your vote. It puts me in mind of one of the opening scenes in the movie “Selma.” The scene opens with a middle-aged Black woman sitting in a waiting room of…
The 2020 Consumer: How the Pandemic Changed Everything
It’s no secret the retail industry has undergone dramatic changes this year. Because of the pandemic, a major disruption has been the increase in customers’ buying online and picking up in-store (BOPIS) and taking advantage of contactless curbside pickup. For example, Best Buy and Target…
Get The Most Out Of Blue Yonder Solutions By Joining a Special Interest Group Community
Blue Yonder has 37 Special Interest Group (or SIGs) with 4,900+ members from more than 1,400 companies that are committed to helping you get the most out of your investment in Blue Yonder solutions. Our SIG Mission: to foster an environment where active participation maximizes…
Cultivating a Culture of Belonging
I am the proud mother of two daughters. Our girls are full siblings who we adopted when they were just cute toddlers. Nearly two years apart in age, they were always holding hands. Our eldest daughter, S, has a physical and neurological disability. It has…
Let’s Start Talking about Mental Health
Mental health has long had a stigma associated with it and is only more recently being talked about. You may have noticed that people from all walks of life are opening up about their focus on this important aspect of their lives as part of…
Challenging Unconscious Bias Through Mindfulness
Our perceptions in life maneuver our decisions, guide our ideologies and regulate our sense of morality and ethics. When these viewpoints, however, are clouded by the subtle layer of unconscious bias, our best-intentioned opinions become dangerous and disrespectful stereotypes about the people around us. Without…
Grocery/Holiday Consumer Survey: 4 Trends to Keep Your Eyes on for the Remainder of 2020
With another change of season and 2021 fast approaching, 2020 presses on as a year that has redefined what it means to adapt. As the world continues to address the evolving challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, here at Blue Yonder, we’re closely monitoring the…
Why We DIVE IN
With the recent passing of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, one of her famous quotes “Fight for the things that you care about but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.” – circulated among some of my Blue…