Blue Yonder Network FAQs

A Multi-Enterprise Supply Chain Network Platform is a unified, cloud-based digital environment that connects independent organizations - manufacturers, suppliers, carriers, and retailers - onto a single data model, enabling them to orchestrate supply chain processes, manage inventory, and execute transactions in real time.

Blue Yonder Network Planning is a strategic modeling and optimization solution that enables organizations to design the optimal footprint for their supply chain—determining the best number, location, and size of factories, distribution centers (DCs), and stock points to balance cost, service, and risk.

Blue Yonder Network Resilience is a comprehensive capability that enables supply chains to anticipate, absorb, and recover from disruptions by blending robustness (the ability to withstand shocks) with agility (the ability to pivot quickly).

Blue Yonder Network Stock Management is an advanced inventory optimization solution that balances stock across all tiers of the supply chain—suppliers, plants, distribution centers (DCs), and stores—to ensure the right product is available at the right place and time.

Blue Yonder Pulse AI Stockout Predictor is a machine learning microservice that autonomously identifies imminent out-of-stock risks days or weeks before they occur, allowing planners to take preventive action to protect service levels and revenue.

Blue Yonder Supply Chain Strategist is a comprehensive network design and scenario planning application that enables organizations to create a "digital twin" of their entire supply chain to model, analyze, and optimize their physical footprint for cost, service, and sustainability.

Logistics Telematics is the integration of telecommunications and informatics technologies to monitor, track, and manage commercial fleets and assets in real-time.

Logistics Visibility is the capability to track and monitor the real-time status, location, and condition of inventory and shipments across the entire supply chain—from the supplier's dock to the end customer's door.

Multi-Echelon Inventory Management (MEIM) is a holistic optimization strategy that right-sizes inventory levels across every tier of the supply chain—from raw material suppliers and factories to central distribution centers (DCs), regional hubs, and retail stores—to minimize total network cost while guaranteeing service levels.

Network Design (often called Supply Chain Network Design) is the strategic process of modeling and optimizing the physical footprint of a supply chain—determining the optimal number, location, and function of factories, distribution centers (DCs), and cross-docks to balance cost, service, and risk.

Network Optimization is the analytical process of using mathematical solvers and digital models to determine the most efficient flow of goods through a supply chain—balancing constraints like capacity, lead times, and carbon emissions to minimize Total Landed Cost (TLC) while meeting service level targets.

Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) is the systematic process of identifying, assessing, and mitigating internal and external risks that threaten the integrity, continuity, and profitability of the supply chain.

Supply Chain Traceability is the capability to document and verify the history, location, and application of products and materials as they move through the supply chain, creating an immutable record of custody from raw material origin to the end consumer.

Stockout Predictor is an AI microservice that flags imminent out of stocks before they occur. It learns from real-time demand, inventory positions, lead times, supplier/carrier reliability, and event signals (promotions, weather) to estimate the probability and timing of stockouts at SKU allocation. It then recommends preventive actions to expedite, substitute, reallocate, adjust order quantities a"so planners protect service without overbuying. Clear thresholds, bias monitoring, and good master data are key to reliable alerts and adoption.

The Blue Yonder Network Foundation is a real-time, multi-enterprise digital platform that connects all trading partners—suppliers, carriers, and customers—onto a single network, enabling them to share a common "master data" language and collaborate on live transactions.

The Blue Yonder Supply Chain Planning Foundation is the unified technology layer—built on the Blue Yonder Platform and AI Data Cloud—that provides the common data model, AI solvers, and digital twin required to run end-to-end supply chain operations. It serves as the "single version of truth" that allows formerly siloed applications, such as Demand Planning and Supply Planning, to operate concurrently and in real-time.