Calibration and Sharpness: The Two Independent Aspects of Forecast Quality
What Is a Good Forecast? Forecasts are like friends: Trust is the most important factor (you don’t ever want your friends to lie to you), but among your trustable friends, you prefer meeting those that tell you the most interesting stories. What do I mean…
How Do Consumers Feel About Retail’s Evolving Return Policies?
Consumers who have recently needed to make a return after shopping at a retailer might have noticed some extra fine print at the check-out counter. Over the past several months, many retailers have tightened their return restrictions, whether that means shortening the return window (e.g.,…
Inventory Distortion Will Cost Retailers $1.77 Trillion in 2023. Here’s How Blue Yonder Can Help.
It’s always been challenging for retailers to put the right product in the right location at the right time. But the past several years have made it seem nearly impossible, thanks to fast-changing consumer needs, increased competition, the growth of omni-channel, supply shortages, and transportation…
A Pause to the Rush of Life
Each year, National Relaxation Day takes place on Aug. 15. In honor of the day, Rahul Vyas, Ph.D., a Lead on Blue Yonder’s Learning & Development team, shares a personal poem and his insights into how you can best relax. A pause, a breath, a…
Building a Business Case for Order Management Transformation
Supply chain and order management transformation in the retail space is a must, but how many organizations actually know what the results of their investments will be, from day one? It’s time to re-evaluate the business case for this strategic overhaul. It sounds like an…
The Next Supply Chain Game Changer: Blue Yonder Orchestrator
Leveraging Large Language Models to Turn Complexity into Opportunity This blog was co-written by Sai Buddhavarapu, VP, Product Management, and Angela Troccoli, Senior Product Marketing Director. Operating in today’s disruptive and complex global environment can be challenging for any supply chain. Changes in demand, unexpected…
Why B2B Companies Need To Accelerate Their Digital Transformation
As the world is becoming more omni-channel, digital enablement is becoming more and more pervasive. In addition, consumers are raising their levels of expectation when it comes to the buying experience. B2B companies are not excluded from this expectation. A new generation of B2B buyers…
Blue Yonder Associate Organizes Youth Event – And Shares Her Own Inspirational Lesson
International Youth Day is celebrated each year on August 12 and aims to bring youth issues to the attention of the international community and celebrate the potential of youth as partners in today’s global society. In honor of this day, Blue Yonder associate Avni Jain…
Blue Yonder is a Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Leader for WMS For 12th Time in a Row Because of Our Customers
Blue Yonder continues to showcase its strength in warehouse and supply chain execution solutions. For the 12th time in a row, we have been named a Leader in the 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) report2—which is every year since the report…
3 Considerations On Your Commerce Transformation Journey
In an increasingly challenging commerce space where order management capabilities form the backbone of a retailer’s fulfillment infrastructure, retailers, distributors, 3PL’s, and manufacturers are challenged by monolithic, legacy technology that no longer fits their needs. The traditional approach has been to rip out and replace…