Blue Yonder Strengthens Supply Chain Capabilities with New Planning and Execution Innovations
Blue Yonder has bolstered its enterprise supply chain platform and industry-specific offerings with the launch of advanced planning and execution capabilities. These enhancements empower supply chain leaders to achieve critical business objectives by harnessing actionable insights from their supply chain data, enhancing cost efficiency, and accelerating return on investment.
The Blue Yonder Platform serves as a comprehensive source of truth for all supply chain needs, seamlessly integrating planning and execution processes. This integration reduces decision-making latency and enhances cross-functional collaboration. The latest product innovations enable organizations to leverage data effectively for demand forecasting, optimized inventory management, and rapid resolution of inefficiencies in warehouse and yard operations that could impact delivery timelines.
“Our new innovations directly support our customers in their digital transformation journey, leveraging AI, ML, and robotics advancements,” said Duncan Angove, CEO of Blue Yonder. “The Blue Yonder Platform connects our solutions across planning, execution, labor, e-commerce, and delivery. It offers extensibility for customers to configure solutions as needed, enhancing agility, data-driven decision-making, and resilience in the face of disruptions.”
Key capabilities introduced across Blue Yonder’s core industries include:
- Retail Enterprise Planning Transformation: Blue Yonder Cognitive Merchandise Financial Planning enhances decision-making with new insight visualization, hierarchical planning, and collaboration capabilities, optimizing cost control and revenue generation.
- Fulfillment Sourcing Optimization: The new Fulfillment Sourcing Simulator enables omni-channel leaders to evaluate scenarios and select optimal alternatives to ensure timely delivery and prevent stockouts.
- Enhanced Demand Planning: Blue Yonder Cognitive Demand Planning streamlines forecasting processes and fosters collaboration across teams, improving customer experience, inventory management, and supply chain cost-effectiveness.
- Yard Operations Efficiency: ML-integrated, vision-based yard analysis automates yard management, increasing throughput and reducing costs.
- AS/RS Technologies for Warehouse Efficiency: Robotics Hub leverages Automated Storage and Retrieval System (AS/RS) technologies to enhance warehouse operations, minimizing latency and boosting efficiency in high-volume automated processes.
- Digital Retail Experience Enhancement: Blue Yonder Returns Management optimizes returns handling based on item-specific data, improving financial outcomes, customer experience, and sustainability. Enhanced carrier selection rules and store promotion as drop-off locations further empower retailers in managing returns.
Across all sectors, Blue Yonder enhances supply chain execution speed and agility by enabling collaborative workflows across warehouse, transportation, and order management teams. This unified approach ensures real-time issue notification and offers solutions to enhance efficiency, minimize costs, and ensure seamless order fulfillment. With interoperable workflows and a modular approach, organizations gain visibility and optimization capabilities to elevate service levels, profitability, and environmental sustainability.
