Retailers Say Technology Is a Key Enabler of Omni-Channel Success
The shift to omni-channel selling has created many challenges for retailers across their order management and fulfillment operations. Demand forecasts need to be accurate to ensure profitability — even in the face of unprecedented volatility. Consumers need real-time visibility to inventory. Products must be strategically…
5 Reasons Retailers Need To Enhance Inventory & Fulfillment Decisioning Capabilities
Omni-channel shopping has become an integral part of our lives. Gone are the days when the focus was solely on becoming omni-channel or providing omni-channel options to demanding customers. Now, the conversation has shifted to optimization. Retailers must enhance their inventory and fulfillment decisioning capabilities…
Shoptalk 2024 Recap: Trends and Insights
What a great week at Shoptalk 2024 in Las Vegas! The vibe at Shoptalk was festive with a crowd of 27,000+ people at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino. Overall, the event was a big success. Shoptalk is one of the more enjoyable conferences in…
Key Insights From the Gartner® Market Guide for Distributed Order Management
As a Representative Vendor in the latest Gartner® Market Guide for Distributed Order Management Systems, Blue Yonder is excited to be recognized for our DOM capabilities based on a number of criteria. Retailers, manufacturers and logistics providers are facing pressure from both the supply and…
Advanced Order Management: The Key to Wholesale Distribution Success
Recently, Blue Yonder released the findings of its survey of wholesale distribution executives1, which focused on their order management challenges, goals and forward-looking plans. While this blog provides an overview of our key findings, the complete results are summarized in our new e-book, “Distribution Executives…
IDC MarketScape Names Blue Yonder a Leader in Order Orchestration and Fulfillment
Blue Yonder has been named as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Order Orchestration and Fulfillment Applications for Retail 2023 Vendor Assessment (doc #US49615623, December 2023). The report is aimed at “provide[ing] an entry point in a company’s due diligence in looking for the…
Discover How a Leading Tech Retailer Dropped Its Inventory Strategy and Embraced AI
Inventory control represents a huge challenge for any retailer. In fact, inaccurate inventory is the single biggest cause of poor customer experience, according to a new survey by Blue Yonder. Canada’s largest tech retailer got ahead of these problems. By doing so, it transformed its…
How Retail Can Align Inventory Placement With Demand This 2023 Holiday Season
It’s no great revelation to claim that consumer behavior has fundamentally changed. Or perhaps that should be ”is fundamentally changing,” given that the goalposts and patterns of shopper habits don’t settle in any one spot for long, like they used to. There are patterns to…
What if Your ERP Never Gets Out of the ER?
How to transform your supply chain (without waiting for your ERP to recover) Wholesale distribution and manufacturing (WD&M) has entered a new era where agility, speed and accuracy are no longer nice-to-haves, but rather uncompromising must-haves for meeting the new omni-channel B2B customer expectation. Once…
How an Optimized Supply Chain Can Tame Costs and Maximize Revenue This Holiday Season 2023
Increasingly, the end-of-year holiday shopping season has become a double-edged financial sword for Q4 retail revenue performance. On one hand, early bird shoppers are getting a head start in Q3, fearful of inflation. The arrival of Amazon Prime Day has revived shoppers increasingly unmoved by…