For years, Accel has relied on Blue Yonder’s warehouse management solution to streamline processes in its distribution centers (DCs), resulting in cost reductions, productivity growth and superior customer service. Recently Accel chose to migrate its Blue Yonder solution to the cloud, to improve its speed and agility in the face of increasing demand volatility. Business challenge: For years, Accel has…
Once mobile technology is fully integrated into supply chain management, companies will have the ability to expand their businesses. Nowadays mobile devices have become ubiquitous in commerce. It’s not uncommon for people to pay bills, buy products and services, or bank with smartphones and tablets. Although people in the supply chain are still largely attached to computers for most of…
How can retailers to inventory is optimally located for that final leg of the journey? Linking demand and fulfillment with inventory planning remains an under explored advantage that will help combat consumer expectations that span not just speed and convenience, but sustainability too. Essentially, shoppers want ultimate agility at the lowest possible price. For the retailer, this incorporates fulfillment considerations…
The manufacturing and logistics industry is integrating its ecosystem with cutting-edge new technologies such as the use of IoT in supply chain management. Automation and AI, robotics, language processing and lean manufacturing are experiencing massive and rapid changes in the technologies that control and support them. However, the major difficulties faced by the sector in the time of pandemic have…
US manufacturing is poised for a significant resurgence. The supply chain failures caused by the pandemic have shown the weakness of the over-reliance on long supply chains, especially one outside the US. Furthermore, rising tensions with China have made the US question its reliance on Chinese manufacturing for economic success. The problem is that American manufacturing has a serious shortage…
A full two years after the COVID-19 pandemic began to upend the world’s supply chains, the global automotive industry is still struggling to rebound. Around the world, consumers are waiting for cars while automotive OEMs wait for components — most notably semiconductor chips, but other parts are in short supply as well. It’s clear that supply chain volatility is not…
The COVID-19 pandemic changed just about every facet of our personal and professional lives, but its impact has been especially dramatic for logistics professionals. After two years of product shortages, port closures and other supply chain challenges, everyone understands the critical nature of logistics. In addition to raising general awareness of the logistics field, the pandemic changed many of its…
The same-day delivery market is forecast to double over the next three years. According to a survey by Gatepoint Research called “E-Commerce Strategies in Today’s Enterprises”, 40% of retailers are focusing on this as one of their 2022 priorities. And according to the 2022 Bringg Barometer: State of Retail Delivery & Fulfillment, 99% of retailers are aiming to offer this…
A lot of recent media attention has been devoted to what might be considered “macro” logistics problems, such as port closures, blocked shipping lanes and a lack of ocean container capacity. These and other logistics challenges leave products stranded thousands of miles from their final destinations. End-to-end supply chain digitalization has proven essential in addressing these macro issues by finding…
The Internet of things (IoT) is one of the most versatile available technologies today, its potential benefits and growth seem endless. In fact, industries like manufacturing, finance, healthcare or energy… are just a few of the many industry groups where IoT has revolutionized. Not stopping there, over the last two years, the Covid-19 pandemic has given us new challenges and…