Who can forget watching the shocking footage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore? When a 948-foot-long cargo ship called Dali crashed into the bridge in the early morning hours of March 26, the costs were high. Most significantly, the accident claimed the lives of six construction workers who were fixing potholes on the bridge. The total collapse of the bridge, which happened in less than 30 seconds, also resulted in the multi-year closure of a major traffic route used by more than 12.4 million vehicles in 2023. It closed the Port of Baltimore to ship traffic. One of the Top ..read more

May is National Photography Month and is dedicated to learning about the art and mastering the various techniques. Today, we all have cameras in our hands via our smartphones so everyone is considered an amateur photographer. But those who are professionals are dedicated to the art and seek out that once-in-a-lifetime, perfect shot. Blue Yonder associate Kevin O’Donnell recently went in search of this photo during the recent solar eclipse in North America. He shares his story with our readers here. “Once-in-a-lifetime” is a phrase used often in pop culture. When it comes to a total solar ecl ..read more

Today is National Supply Chain Day when we celebrate all things supply chain! The day was first declared in 2020 during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic when supply chains were thrust onto the world scene. Those two words became what everyone was talking about for the next couple of years – and continues to be even today. The tagline for the day is “Every link in the supply chain matters,” which emphasizes how import each piece of the supply chain is from the raw materials to the transportation element to manufacturing to the labor to omni-channel commerce. When one link is effected, it impa ..read more

Earth Day takes place each year on April 22 when we are encouraged to celebrate nature and our planet. At Blue Yonder, associates were asked to embrace the spirit of the month by taking part in a Movement and Mindfulness in Nature Challenge. Connecting with nature offers many benefits for our well-being and overall health. Here associates share the importance of nature in their lives. Rahul Bhandari (India) I was very happy to have my first sighting of an Asian Paradise Flycatcher! This picture was taken at a morning birding session at Muthanallur Lake, Bangalore. Joel Hazelton (U.S.) A sele ..read more

It’s easy to think about fulfillment as comprising the final steps in the supply chain, but the truth is that the conditions faced in warehouses and delivery vehicles are determined much earlier in the supply chain than in the last mile, so to speak. Supercharging fulfillment works in concert with accelerating plans, amplifying experiences, and building trust to orchestrate a synchronized supply chain with an end-to-end approach. Fulfillment represents the most cost-intensive stage of the retail supply chain, so it would be strategic for supply chain professionals to consider the margin-wideni ..read more

The shift to omni-channel selling has created many challenges for retailers across their order management and fulfillment operations. Demand forecasts need to be accurate to ensure profitability — even in the face of unprecedented volatility. Consumers need real-time visibility to inventory. Products must be strategically allocated across channels, as well as located as close as possible to demand. Fulfillment promises need to be accurate and profitable. How are retailers addressing these challenges? To answer that question, Blue Yonder recently commissioned Gatepoint Research to conduct a sur ..read more

April is National Volunteer Month and is meant to recognize those who give of their time, skills and energy to support different causes, helping others. In honor of the month, Blue Yonder associate Marisa Alvarado, a Senior Support Engineer for the Blue Yonder Warehouse Management solutions, shares her experience volunteering at a local elementary school’s career day. My husband, Oscar, is a 5th grade teacher and his passion for sharing knowledge and coming up with interesting but educational activities is something that I have always admired. I don’t know if I could ever be an educator. They ..read more

Gaurav Behere is a Senior Technical User Interface Architect designing and architecting the Integrated Business Planning Spaces for the Blue Yonder Cognitive Supply Chain Platform and its offerings. Today, he sheds some light onto a Generative AI approach into an end-to-end traceability from the lens of a laymen of a technical matrix in a cloud offering. Preface Imagine building a complex web application that works with many microservices working together. This is a pure SaaS native web application that has many elements that can go wrong. To provide 99.99% uptime and high availability, a ..read more

Think back over the last three years: a global pandemic, ongoing supply shortages, the Great Resignation, war in Europe, the return inflation, and the threat of recession. Then think about your current merchandise financial planning approach: starting with previous year’s performance before spending countless hours trying to understand emerging trends and reconciling across departments and company goals. Two flaws in this approach really stand out. The first is the over reliance on historical data. The last three years should have taught us that history never repeats. The second flaw is the am ..read more

If You’re Not Using Fulfillment Slow Mover Logic, You Might Be Missing Out This blog is co-written by Tony Verdi, Customer Success, and Jennifer Brox, Industry & Solution Marketing Are you feeling pressure from above to squeeze even more margin out of your network? How many inventory dollars are tied up in C and D items? What percentage of your SKUs are segmented as slow movers? In conversations with retailers using Blue Yonder solutions, we guesstimate that about 40% of SKUs in a grocery store meet the definition of slow mover, selling less than one unit a week. If you are replenishing th ..read more