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January 19, 2024

Blue Yonder optimizes supply chain orchestration with Azure

Built on a secure Azure foundation, Blue Yonder’s end-to-end supply chain management solutions harness Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) to give businesses real-time decision-making power and workflows that help them fulfill orders and respond quickly to shifting market conditions.

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“Azure is the ideal platform to build on because of its global reach, its commitment to security, and the advanced features that give our customers the ability to leap ahead of their competition.”

Chris Burchett, Senior Vice President of Product Development, Blue Yonder

A smaller world calls for a closer supply chain

The world is getting smaller. People and companies are connected in ways and at speeds that were once impossible. At the same time, retailers are facing mounting challenges to their supply chain. From inflation, to geopolitical stress, to sustainability regulations, customers are looking for solutions that can maintain their current margins and profitability. 

To meet the challenges and manage the complexity, businesses trust Blue Yonder to provide visibility and control over their global supply chains. This can’t be done without securely shared data and the tools and infrastructure to use it.

Supply chain, resilient and reimagined

With over 3,000 customers across 78 countries, Blue Yonder supports top retailers, consumer goods brands, manufacturers, and third-party logistics providers around the world. 

“Here at Blue Yonder, our mission is to become the supply chain operating system for the world,” says Chris Burchett, senior vice president, Product Development. “To do this, we’re building our next generation cognitive applications directly on the Luminate Cognitive Platform, which already offers industry-leading AI and ML capabilities, to deliver composable, multi-tenant, cloud-native SaaS solutions on the Azure Cloud.”

Built on a secure Azure foundation, Luminate Cognitive Platform harnesses AI and ML, as well as end-to-end interoperability and orchestration, to give businesses real-time connections and workflows that help them fulfill orders and respond quickly to shifting market conditions. 

Luminate Cognitive Platform transforms supply chains from a traditional, siloed configuration to a vertically integrated, edge-aware, intelligent operating network. This network is intelligent—allowing closer collaboration with partners and improving customer fulfilment. It’s resilient—your supply chain can better manage supplier risk, predict issues, and pivot rapidly. And this network is sustainable—reducing waste with better visibility into asset usage, and reliable predictions about product demand.

Building better supply chains together

The world’s largest and most respected companies use Blue Yonder to manage their supply chains. And Blue Yonder builds its IP with the world’s leading supply chain technology with Microsoft.

“Azure is the ideal platform to build on because of its global reach, its commitment to security, and the advanced features that give our customers the ability to leap ahead of their competition,” said Burchett.

Blue Yonder and Microsoft are also strategically aligned to serve their joint customer base as part of the Microsoft Cloud for Retail. “Blue Yonder leverages Microsoft Cloud services and cognitive services to enhance and support our 15+ supply chain applications in the Microsoft Cloud for Retail marketplace,” says Shannon Wu-Lebron, corporate vice president of global retail industry strategy at Blue Yonder. “We help retailers achieve supply chain optimization in areas such as demand planning, assortment and space planning, forecast and replenishment, pricing, warehouse management, transportation management, workforce management, omni-channel order fulfillment, and end-to-end supply chain visibility. All these solutions benefit from the scalability, reliability, and security of Microsoft Cloud for Retail.”

Faster innovation, better operations

With a name that harkens to traveling onward into the unknown, Blue Yonder always has its eye on what’s next. “We actively engage with Microsoft solution teams in developing next-gen innovations,” says Wu-Lebron. “Leveraging computer vision and other cognitive AI services for the future.”

All this is geared toward giving retailers a more holistic view of their supply chain so that they can make strategic decisions that benefit their business as well as their customers. 

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“Blue Yonder leverages Microsoft Cloud services and cognitive services to enhance and support our 15+ supply chain applications in the Microsoft Cloud for Retail marketplace…All these solutions benefit from the scalability, reliability, and security of Microsoft Cloud for Retail.”

Shannon Wu-Lebron, Corporate Vice President of Global Retail Industry Strategy, Blue Yonder

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