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…
Press Start to Make Your Supply Chain Smarter
In the Fourth Industrial Revolution, visibility equals agility and the business that moves the fastest wins the game. What’s required is a clear view of what the business needs to plan for and then execute: control towers. As with any technology investment, control towers should…
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…
Welcome to Our DIVE IN Series
Welcome to DIVE IN, our new weekly blog focused on diversity, inclusion, value and equality (DIVE) which are core tenets to our culture. As we mentioned in last week’s blog, this blog series is our pledge to explore the topics and issues that will only…
Top 5 Things Online Retailers Need to Know Before Heading into the Peak Season
As the peak seasons approach, every online retailer worries about the impact of the expected spike in traffic on their e-commerce and fulfillment systems, particularly as the COVID-19 pandemic has already caused a spike in online shopping vs. in-store, and peak holiday shopping season will…
It’s Time to Dive In!
In July 2017 we tried something a little different with our Supply Chain Nation blog. With a goal of shining a light on women in technology and supply chain we launched Wednesdays for Women, exploring the career journeys of amazing women within and outside of…
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…
Sewing in Creativity
Kavitha Tumuluri learned the meaning of hard work from a young age. As the second oldest of five, she felt she had to be a role model for her younger siblings, which taught her to be an authentic, empathetic teacher and a mentor from a…
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…