NRF 2021

Blue Yonder, Inc.

Scottsdale,  AZ 
United States
www.blueyonder.com
  • Booth: 4538, MR3027, MR3029, MR3031

Blue Yonder is the world leader in digital supply chain transformation. Retailers, manufacturers and logistics service providers worldwide rely on Blue Yonder to optimize and accelerate their supply chain from planning through fulfillment, delivery, and returns. Blue Yonder’s AI-driven supply chain platform and multi-enterprise, multi-tier network enable more accurate forecasting and dynamic management of capacity, inventory and transport. Blue Yonder helps businesses navigate modern supply chain complexity and volatility with more resilient, sustainable supply chains to delight customers, scale profitably, and run flawlessly.


 Press Releases

  • Blue Yonder, the leader in digital supply chain transformations, announced the closing of its acquisition of One Network Enterprises (One Network) at an enterprise value of approximately $839 million. The acquisition gives Blue Yonder customers the ability to collaborate and share data – from inventory levels to raw and finished goods materials movement – in real time across all trading partners up and down the supply chain.

    With increasing volatility and continuous disruptions, retailers, manufacturers and logistics service providers (LSPs) need to achieve multi-enterprise transparency with trading partners, unify plans and actions, and conduct business in real time in order to enable more accurate cross-functional decision-making and eliminate the time gap between order planning and fulfillment. It’s no longer sufficient for companies to rely on periodic updates about their inventory, capacity, and resources; true business agility requires real-time information across an entire network.


     

  • The cosmetics industry is experiencing continued growth as consumers worldwide increasingly prioritize self-care and wellness. However, this growth has also led to a more competitive landscape, and companies must make strategic choices to differentiate themselves and maintain success in this dynamic market. That is why Avon International chose Blue Yonder Platform with Cognitive Demand PlanningEnterprise Supply Planning and Control Tower solutions to create an end-to-end next generation supply chain and support the company’s strategy and vision.

    Avon International was seeking to optimize its manufacturing and distribution processes in both Europe and Asia Pacific by establishing a “Planning Hub” for centralized demand and supply planning. To streamline demand planning, respond more quickly to their dynamic market and enhance decision-making, Avon International selected Blue Yonder’s flexible SaaS supply chain solutions, based on advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) capabilities.

  • Waitrose is extending its collaboration with Blue Yonder with the addition of the supply chain solution provider’s industry-leading forecasting capability. 

    The new move will mark the first significant introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) into Waitrose’s forecasting – and is designed to improve the already high levels of availability across the retailer’s stores. 

    Rather than relying on historical sales data and human intuition, the AI forecasting capability – part of Blue Yonder Demand Planning – focuses on customer behaviour and analyses ‘why’ customers bought what they did rather than just ‘what’ they bought.

    The capability understands and learns from the trading environment to provide a better forecast based on customer behaviour. For example, it will learn how customers responded to a variety of influences including weather variations, major sporting and cultural events and promotions. 

    The upgrade is part of a significant investment in technology across Waitrose’s supply chain and is designed to improve availability, which already stands at record levels. 

  • HEINEKEN, the world’s most international brewer, confirms Blue Yonder as a vendor of trust to further transform its supply chain planning capability. The global brewer will implement Blue Yonder Cognitive Demand Planning, a next generation cloud-native, microservices-based SaaS solution, that utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to improve forecast accuracy and reduce bias by considering dynamic external and internal variables.

    HEINEKEN has been implementing Blue Yonder solutions for multiple years unlocking value for its business, especially with the potential to improve forecast accuracy through ML demand forecasting solution. HEINEKEN has selected Blue Yonder, as one of the current major supply chain solution providers, to future proof its demand planning process and leverage AI/ML, autonomous scenario planning, planning process orchestration and solution extensibility.

  • As consumer expectations continue to evolve, retailers need to synchronize their execution across operations, resulting in faster transit times and reduced cost-to-serve. That’s why RaceTrac, a leading convenience store retailer, has selected Blue Yonder to digitally transform its warehousing operations and transportation modeling capabilities. The retailer will implement Blue Yonder Warehouse ManagementLabor Management, and Transportation Modeling solutions to support future company expansion.


    With Blue Yonder, RaceTrac will be able to:

    • Support store growth and geographic expansion initiatives.
    • Automate supply chain execution processes, synchronize warehouse execution, as well as optimize labor retention.
    • Quickly onboard and seamlessly embed advancements in automation to further streamline operations.
    • Provide early visibility to demand and corresponding labor requirements to realize a more balanced and consistent operational experience, as well as improve labor standards and incentive pay.
    • Enhance the balance between carriers and private fleet, determine the appropriate size and deployment of private fleet, and more.

 Products

  • New Supply Chain Solution Innovations

    As it continues to build the supply chain for the future, Blue Yonder today strengthened its enterprise supply chain platform and industry-specific offerings by launching new planning and execution capabilities that empower supply chain leaders to meet critical business objectives. These product innovations are aimed at further supporting organizations by serving actionable insights from their supply chain data that drive greater cost efficiency and a faster return on investment.

    The Blue Yonder Platform serves as the single source of truth for all supply chain needs, from planning to execution, reducing decision making latency, as well as minimizing the complexity of enabling cross-functional collaboration. With these new product innovations, organizations can better leverage data to forecast demand and supply requirements, improve inventory utilization, and quickly resolve inefficiencies in warehouse and yard operations that could delay deliveries.

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