Ignorance is Not Bliss, It’s Ignorance
As the fall TV shows came back this season, it felt like every producer felt the need to cover the hot button topics of the year that has been 2020. Racial injustice. COVID-19. Police brutality. Diversity and inclusion. And the list goes on. At first,…
An Open Letter to My Future Generation
Dear Beloved, As I sit and type this letter, I think of you. I think of the hope that swells inside of me that I have for you and your children and their children. At the time of writing, it’s Fall in the year 2020…
Agility and Resilience in Supply Chain Execution: Imperatives in an Unpredictable World, Part 1
This blog is based on an article that recently ran in the Journal of Supply Chain Management, Logistics & Procurement, “Supply chain agility: An imperative in an unpredictable world.” The COVID-19 pandemic has only confirmed what we already knew: modern supply chains must be built…
Santa’s Supply Chain: Holiday Logistics in 2020
This blog is co-authored by Wayne Snyder, VP, Retail Industry Strategy EMEA, and Alan Duncan, Senior Director of Industry Strategy, EMEA. “T’was the night before Christmas, when all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. The stockings were hung by…
How to Have a Courageous Conversation
“Someone feeling wronged is like someone feeling thirsty. Don’t tell them they aren’t. Sit with them and have a drink.”~ Daniel Handler Better known to many of us as author Lemony Snicket, Daniel Handler wrote these words as part of a collection of writings about…
Accelerating Sales with Real-time, Intelligent Inventory Availability
While the convergence of physical and online stores began before the pandemic, COVID-19 has accelerated the e-commerce and omni-channel trends by a few years. When consumers pivoted from foot traffic to online options, retailers quickly worked overtime to enable speed and convenience options such as buy online pick up in store (BOPIS), curbside pickup, and ship from local store to support…
eCommerce Fulfillment Trial Now Available
We are very excited to announce that our e-Commerce Fulfillment Trial is now available. You can experience the new capabilities that are available through our Inventory Availability and Omni-Channel Fulfillment microservices. At a time when retailers are expanding their business to include e-commerce offerings, Blue Yonder’s new microservices bring supply chain transparency to your online shopping experience and deliver faster, more convenient options to your…
Putting the Smart in Smarter Logistics
This blog also ran on the “Let’s Talk Supply Chain” blog. It is not a secret that technology evolves at an accelerated rate. As an example, I have seen the progress of vinyl records to cassettes to compact discs to playable digital files and finally…
Diversity Among Us
Teamwork allows us to understand that we are different. You get to know a bit about different points of view, experiences that people face, even a plethora of traditions, likes, and dislikes. That’s something I discovered when I joined Blue Yonder. A year ago, I…
Personalized Fulfillment Experiences Webinar
We are very excited to kick off our monthly webinar series: Personalized Fulfillment Experiences in Action. Delivering personalized experiences is a key business requirement today with customers expecting retailers to deliver the right product, at the right time, through their channel of choice. Leading retailers…