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…
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 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…
Why You Should Look Into the AI Black Box
As retailers invest in their commerce transformations and put their trust in the power of artificial intelligence (AI), they need to ensure their whole organization is aligned to make the best use of it. Historically, the decisions and logic of AI has been somewhat of…
Digital Commerce 360 Fulfillment Trends Report Highlights Investments by Retailers
Have you seen the latest Digital Commerce 360’s Fulfillment Trends for Retailers report? The June Strategy Insights Report is your guide to the latest fulfillment trends. The report confirms what we know – that customers are shopping across channels. They want orders to arrive fast…
A Logistics Conversation with Arcadia Cold, Part 1
In honor of National Logistics Day last month, I had a Blue Yonder Live conversation with Arcadia Cold’s JD Schwefler, Head of Site Selection & Design Solutions. JD shared his insights into how to have a long-term logistics career and how he and his company leverage…