Undercover Bisexual: Being a Queer Person in a Heterosexual-Presenting Partnership
Bisexual Visibility Day is Sept. 23 and is celebrated as part of Bisexuality Awareness Week. Both aim to raise awareness of bisexual identities and the cultural acceptance of bisexual people within society. Blue Yonder associate Maddi Cook shares her experience of navigating her bisexual identity…
Automakers, It’s Time to Check Under the Hood of Your Demand Planning Solution
The global automotive industry is undergoing a revolution, as manufacturers and consumers make the switch from internal combustion engine (ICE) models to electric vehicles (EVs). While this fundamental shift will produce enormous benefits for the environment, it’s creating challenges and complexity for the world’s automotive…
Parcel Lockers Versus Parcel Kiosks: Which Is Best for Parcel Drop-Off?
Self-service solutions have become a priority for parcel carriers looking to improve efficiency and customer experience in out-of-home locations. Automated journeys deliver a great customer experience while reducing staff dependency. Additionally, these solutions allow carriers to expand their out-of-home networks into new locations such as…
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…
Blue Yonder Dallas Associates Play Cricket To Raise Awareness About Visual Impairment
In this DIVE In blog post, Blue Yonder associate Ravi Sajja shares his recent experience helping to coordinate a cricket game in Dallas on behalf of Blue Yonder to bring awareness to visual impairment and promote inclusivity. Cricket is a game of skill and technique….
Profitability and Mass Personalization: Automakers Can Now Achieve Both
Today’s consumers increasingly want personalized products — and automobiles are no exception. For automotive manufacturers the demand for personalization means more vehicle variations and a technology ecosystem that powers this customer experience from show room to shop floor. Build-to-order capabilities are possibly the most critical…
5 Ways To Make Your Returns Process More Profitable
Returns are a core part of e-commerce. Customers will order the wrong items, either on purpose or by accident. It happens and will continue to happen – as long as e-commerce exists, so will returns. Returns are currently one of the biggest issues in e-commerce,…
Intelligent Rebalancer: React and Recover from Disruptions
In a previous blog post, I discussed the challenges planning and execution teams face in responding to increasing disruptions. From extreme weather to port closures, disruptions all too frequently upset these teams’ carefully defined plans for getting inventory from Point A to Point B —…
Blue Yonder Associate Shares Journey of Hair Loss, Healing and Embracing Resilience
September is Alopecia Areata Awareness Month, which focuses on an autoimmune disease that causes hair loss. The severity can range from small patches to complete hair loss. Blue Yonder associate Charlotte Diener shares her journey of diagnosis and how she learned to make lemonade out…
A (Supply) Chain is Only as Strong as Its Weakest Link: Why Labor Management is a Key Component of the Supply Chain
Right now, your supply chain platform probably includes planning software — focused on things like demand, inventory or replenishment — and execution software — focused on transportation, logistics or warehousing — to create a more efficient supply chain. The data and automation provided by these…