4 Types of Supply Chain Control Towers
The term control tower has been grossly overused in the domain of supply chain management. It’s used to describe practically anything from basic visibility to network-wide fully autonomous solutions. This makes it nearly impossible for anyone looking for a capable solution to effectively compare options…
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like the Post-Peak Season
The holiday season is a time for joy — and for supply chain chaos. This year is no exception. The five-day period from Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday shattered online retail sales records, with U.S. consumers spending $41.1 billion, an increase of 8.1% over 2023. The…
3 Foundations For An Effective Multi-Enterprise Supply Chain Network
When Henry Ford launched his Rogue manufacturing complex near the city of Detroit at the beginning of the 20th century it was a manufacturing marvel. Raw materials entered one side of the factory, and finished vehicles drove out on the other side. While making the…
Driving Responsiveness and Profitability via Flexible Production Planning: Three Customer Case Studies
Many of the challenges faced by the world’s automotive and equipment manufacturers can be mitigated via flexible production planning. By digitalizing and automating their production planning processes, manufacturers can respond faster and more profitably when confronted with demand variability, materials shortages, logistics roadblocks and other…
Blue Yonder Recognized by Industry Analysts as a Leader in Three Areas of Supply Chain Management
Blue Yonder – A Leader in Supply Chain Management At Blue Yonder we are proud to announce that we have been recognized as a Leader in what we believe are three major areas by top industry analysts. Our commitment to innovation, excellence, and customer satisfaction has…
Ensuring Predictable Production Amid the Unpredictable Challenges of the Auto Industry
In October 2024, a team from Blue Yonder attended the automotiveIT Kongress, held at the Vienna House Andel’s Berlin. The largest industry gathering of automotive and IT professionals in Germany, the automotiveIT Kongress featured lectures, panel discussions, best practices, deep-dive sessions, an awards presentation, and…
Blue Yonder’s Key Takeaways from the 2024 Gartner® Supply Chain Planning Summit
Last week, a team from Blue Yonder attended the 2024 Gartner® Supply Chain Planning Summit in London. The theme of this year’s conference was “Generating Value Together: Beyond Accuracy, Toward Intelligence.” In our opinion, while forecast accuracy used to be the number one priority for…
From Shortages to Surpluses: MedTech and Pharma’s Demand Planning Remedy
In the current business environment, a company’s global supply chain can make or break its success, regardless of industry. The stakes are especially high, however, for pharmaceutical, medical device, and health care manufacturers and distributors. If planners fail to accurately match supply with demand, the…
One Network Enterprises Named Leader in Nucleus Research’s Control Tower Technology Value Matrix™ 2024 for the Ninth Consecutive Year
One Network Enterprises (One Network), a Blue Yonder company, the global leader of supply chain control towers and provider of the Digital Supply Chain Network™, has been ranked as a Leader by Nucleus Research, a provider of case-based technology research and advisory services, in its…
Empowering Demand Planners With AI
It’s increasingly difficult to forecast demand accurately in today’s volatile, disrupted environment. Smart planning teams are turning to artificial intelligence. Has there ever been a more challenging time to accurately predict demand? Today, supply chain planners must contend with inflation, high interest rates and other…