Blue Yonder Named a Leader in the Magic Quadrant for Supply Chain Planning Solutions 2021
Gartner recently released the 2021 Magic Quadrant for Supply Chain Planning Solutions 1 (February 22, 2021), and Blue Yonder has again been named a Leader. Per our understanding, to determine this year’s Magic Quadrant Leaders, Gartner analysts evaluated vendor’s Supply Chain Planning offerings considering capabilities…
Key Supply Chain Trends in Manufacturing
“Supply chain disruption due to the pandemic” is a phrase we have heard over and over this past year. Production lines came to a standstill and the question of how to prevent such scenarios in the future came up. Last year’s digitalization push will continue…
How Organizations are Evolving to Meet the Future Needs of Autonomous Warehousing
The future of warehousing and the supply chain execution industry has faced greater scrutiny than ever before in light of the global pandemic, rising consumer requirements and an increasingly strained labor market. As a result, global organizations are disrupting their status quo and investing in…
Connecting experiences for the frontline worker
How Blue Yonder and Microsoft partnered to deliver connected associate experiences Today it’s not uncommon to feel disconnected in ways that weren’t even imaginable a year ago. Virtual watch parties, “Zoom school” and Microsoft Teams meetings are now part of the everyday vernacular. These new…
Top 3 Strategies for Supply Chain Planners in 2021
In today’s ever-changing business environment, supply chain planners have a challenging task at hand. They need to understand the ongoing impact of COVID-19 and align short- and long-term supply chain plans to maximize market share and revenue targets. Some challenges supply chain planners are facing…
Profitable Agility: Part 2 of Agility and Resilience in Supply Chain Execution
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.” In part 1 of the Agility and Resilience in Supply Chain Execution series, we discussed the…
Building Supply Chain Resilience Through a Boundaryless S&OP and S&OE Process
This blog was co-authored by Salim Shaikh and Chainalytics’ Jeff Baker. In today’s VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous) environment, unexpected market demand and supply disruption can occur at any time. How do you recover from a crisis – and are you prepared for the…
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…
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…