Shoppers alternating between in-store, online, and home delivery options, complicating inventory management. Retail stores evolving into multi-functional spaces serving as distribution centers, “buy online and pick up in store” locations, and return hubs, requiring adjustments in layout and staffing. In this complex environment, retailers must leverage integrated merchandise operations systems to optimize performance and control inventory. Blue Yonder provides the seamless planning suite to deliver pinpoint accuracy when it comes to getting the right inventory in the right place at the right time and the right price.
Solutions
Retail Planning & Category Management
Power profitable growth when you optimize clustering, pricing, and promotions to ensure you're always ready for your customers.
- Retail Planning & Category Management
Retail Planning & Category Management
Optimizing store space, inventory, and on-shelf availability
What you can achieve with Blue Yonder
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increase in annual and/or comp store sales
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decrease in inventory levels
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shrink reduction
Adored by brands, recognized by analysts
Blue Yonder has been named a Leader in three Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Reports
Capabilities
Efficient control and agile intelligence
Boost accuracy, improve margins, and satisfy customers
Optimize your distribution network inventory with Blue Yonder's automated replenishment inventory planning system solution: Better More accurate planning, profitable stock improved margins and satisfied customers.
Improve customer service and optimize inventory
Boost customer service while reducing inventory with demand planning tools using artificial intelligence, machine learning, market proven algorithms and intelligent insights.
Drive sales growth and customer loyalty
Increase annual and comp-store sales, improve selling pattern analysis, conversion rates, revenue and loyalty with our integrated retail merchandising system.
Maximize revenue and track important KPIs
Optimize store space, inventory, and on-shelf availability with smarter, more accurate merchandise space allocation decisions that drive revenue growth and measure KPIs using robust analytics.
Simplify planning and deliver smarter assortments
A connected assortment planning tool that empowers buyers to move faster, collaborate more effectively, and make every assortment decision count.
Enhance margins with confident financial planning
Discover how leading retailers align financial targets with inventory strategies — reducing markdowns, improving turnover, and planning with confidence.
Benefits
Transform Retail Planning & Category Management with Blue Yonder
Case Studies
Success stories in Retail Planning & Category Management
For Maine-based apparel and outdoor retailer L.L.Bean, getting their products into the hands of their customers in a timely manner is a top priority. But to do that, they needed to gain a more accurate read on the market. Learn how L.L. Bean achieved their business goals harnessing Blue Yonder’s merchandise financial planning, forecasting, and replenishment capabilities.
“Our space methodology paired with Blue Yonder’s space planning capability optimizes days of supply and increases inventory turns on an item-by-item basis, which results in a reduction in excess inventory and a boost in cash flow for the retailer. We can also reset our retail customers’ planograms twice a year or more, which many of our competitors just can’t handle.”
- Director, Category Management, Dr Pepper Snapple Group
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