Blogs, Whitepapers, News & Customer Success Stories from Blue Ridge: Recent Episodes
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In this podcast, Manufacturing Talk Radio explores Planning and Pricing Solutions together in one package to create supply chain resiliency.
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This award recognizes influential individuals in the global cold food supply chain.
The post Blue Ridge Congratulates Adnan Maksoud, Senior Manager for Shamrock Foods as Food Logistics Winner of 2021 Rock Stars of the Supply Chain Award appeared first on Blogs, Whitepapers, News & Customer Success Stories from Blue Ridge.
The post S&OP is Not a Big IT Project: How Does Sales and Operations Planning Work and Why You Need it appeared first on Blogs, Whitepapers, News & Customer Success Stories from Blue Ridge.
This award recognizes outstanding executives whose accomplishments leverage supply chains for competitive advantage.
The post Maarten Baltussen of Blue Ridge Supply & Demand Chain Executive 2021 Pros to Know Winner appeared first on Blogs, Whitepapers, News & Customer Success Stories from Blue Ridge.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Today we announced the acquisition of Inventory Investment AS (IIAS). This investment is the latest example of Blue Ridge’s capabilities, growth and efforts to expand our global presence. The investment extends business agility with AI and Machine Learning-Based Supply Chain Planning and Pricing solutions. For additional […]
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Investment is latest example of Blue Ridge’s global expansion efforts and relentless focus on delivering significant customer value quickly.
The post Blue Ridge Acquires Inventory Investment AS, Strengthens Supply Chain Planning and Pricing Platform appeared first on Blogs, Whitepapers, News & Customer Success Stories from Blue Ridge.
Experienced entrepreneur, strategist, product manager and CTO, Cliff Isaacson brings over 20 years of leadership experience to Blue Ridge supply chain planning and pricing solutions.
The post Cliff Isaacson, EVP of Product Strategy at Blue Ridge Brings Vast Experience to Leading Supply Chain Planning and Pricing Solution appeared first on Blogs, Whitepapers, News & Customer Success Stories from Blue Ridge.
Blue Ridge, the leading platform blending supply chain planning and pricing solutions for resiliency, announced a webinar addressing Intelligent Prediction in demand shaping. The Supply Chain Media webinar is hosted by Blue Ridge’s Cliff Isaacson, Executive Vice President, Product Strategy and Maarten Baltussen, General Manager – Europe. Register here for the March 17, 2021 event.
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HARDI and Blue Ridge Webinar to address Supply Chain & Inventory Planning Trends, Challenges, Best Practices: How to Right-Size Inventory and Maximize Customer Service Levels Amidst Disruption - plus 7 'wrong turns' and how to avoid them.
The post HARDI and Blue Ridge Present: 2021 State of The Distribution Supply Chain Webinar appeared first on Blogs, Whitepapers, News & Customer Success Stories from Blue Ridge.
Supply Chain & Inventory Planning Trends, Challenges, Best Practices: How to Right-Size Inventory and Maximize Customer Service Levels
The post Blue Ridge and HARDI to Host Webinar Addressing HVAC, Plumbing and Electrical Distributors’ Supply Chain Challenges appeared first on Blogs, Whitepapers, News & Customer Success Stories from Blue Ridge.
Blue Ridge, the leading platform blending supply chain planning and pricing solutions for resiliency, was recently featured in AutomationMedia magazine.
The post Mike Mills of Blue Ridge Sees Pairing Supply Chain Planning with Price Optimization as New Automation Trend appeared first on Blogs, Whitepapers, News & Customer Success Stories from Blue Ridge.
This Manufacturing Outlook article makes a pretty darn-good case for why you need cloud-native supply chain solutions. Stat.
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Blue Ridge, the leading platform blending supply chain planning and pricing solutions for resiliency, was profiled in the February issue of Manufacturing Outlook, Cliff Isaacson, Executive Vice President, Product Strategy at Blue Ridge recently discussed why cloud-native supply chain solutions for wholesale distributors, specialty retailers and discrete manufacturers are critical.
The post Cloud-Native Supply Chain Solutions Critical for Manufacturers, Distributors and Retailers According to Blue Ridge appeared first on Blogs, Whitepapers, News & Customer Success Stories from Blue Ridge.
Manufacturing Tomorrow and Blue Ridge examine the critical importance of cloud-native supply chain solutions for distributors, retailers and discrete manufacturers.
The post Blue Ridge Talks Supply Chain Overlap Between Manufacturers, Distributors and Retailers appeared first on Blogs, Whitepapers, News & Customer Success Stories from Blue Ridge.
Webinar to Discuss Key Supply Chain Challenges in Food Distribution and Proven Strategies to Solve Them.
The post War Stories of Three Food Distributors Deliver Strategies to Alleviate Risk and Build Supply Chain Resiliency appeared first on Blogs, Whitepapers, News & Customer Success Stories from Blue Ridge.
The post Manufacturing Logistics IT: Grilstad selects Blue Ridge Supply Chain Planning Solutions to Improve S&OP appeared first on Blogs, Whitepapers, News & Customer Success Stories from Blue Ridge.
The wine and spirits distribution trends of 2020 were a great reminder that best demand planning practices start with resiliency in supply chain planning.
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Blue Ridge and UniPro proudly present the next inventory planning webinar in our “War Stories” series. This one’s for food distribution businesses that want to improve service levels with less inventory and risk.
The post UPCOMING WEBINAR WITH UNIPRO: Inventory Planning War Stories in Food Distribution appeared first on Blogs, Whitepapers, News & Customer Success Stories from Blue Ridge.
2021 is the year when companies need earlier insights into new market opportunities, including what items consumers want, on what channel, how much they should stock, and how much they will pay for these products. The ability to compete in new areas with this level of agility will be the […]
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The global automotive aftermarket size was valued at USD $378.4 billion in 2019 and is expected to register a CAGR of 4.0% from 2020 to 2027. Want a bigger slice of that pie? Today we have a few insights from an automotive aftermarket industry analysis by Grandview Research. Thought you might enjoy learning what trends are driving increased demand […]
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Agile platform approach blends inventory data science, pricing optimization, and robust resources to unlock new customer value streams through greater business resiliency
The post Blue Ridge Unveils Supply Chain Planning and Pricing Platform Made for Now appeared first on Blogs, Whitepapers, News & Customer Success Stories from Blue Ridge.
Blue Ridge is now the exclusive supply chain planning provider to UniPro members throughout North America.
The post Blue Ridge Partners with UniPro to Deliver Supply Chain Planning to Members of the Largest Food Distribution Co-Op in the United States appeared first on Blogs, Whitepapers, News & Customer Success Stories from Blue Ridge.
Integrated price optimization and inventory planning solution reverses margin loss due to broad assortments, new selling channels and other complexities.
The post Blue Ridge Partners with Insights2Action to Deliver Planning and Pricing Optimization Management Solution for Automotive Aftermarket Industry appeared first on Blogs, Whitepapers, News & Customer Success Stories from Blue Ridge.
Our food distribution trends wrap up today with a note about how ecommerce growth and politics are affecting inventory planning.
The post 6 Noteworthy Trends the Dutch Food Industry is Finding from COVID Round 2 (Part 6) appeared first on Blogs, Whitepapers, News & Customer Success Stories from Blue Ridge.
Food distribution businesses can learn some good pricing strategies from these 6 food industry trends uncovered by the Dutch. Part 5
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Optimizing new items is one of the biggest conundrums in inventory optimization and demand forecasting. This PlanningPosts podcast with Tracy Coon reveals some LifeLine strategies to improve success with forecasting new-product demand.
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We all know what it’s like to have extreme inventory challenges and to be expected to deliver big ROI results through supply chain planning software. But isn’t it much more fun to watch and learn from another company going through it? Admit it. You love knowing that you aren’t alone. […]
The post 5 Immediate ROI Areas for Supply Chain Planning Software appeared first on Blogs, Whitepapers, News & Customer Success Stories from Blue Ridge.
Year-end… A time to kick back and relax. But not entirely. These last couple weeks are the perfect downtime to squeeze some low-hanging fruit from your year’s efforts. Today’s episode offers 3 strategic year-end moves your supply chain planning team should make right now to close out 2019 with a bang. […]
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In distribution, managing inventory is a beast. Competition is relentless and supply, wickedly unpredictable. So you stock up. At some point, executives notice the high cost of this and demand an urgent inventory reduction. You start to sweat. Service levels and sales can’t suffer because you’re also on the hook […]
The post How to Reduce Inventory 10% in 90 Days appeared first on Blogs, Whitepapers, News & Customer Success Stories from Blue Ridge.
Pricing shapes demand and demand shapes pricing. Traditionally, the two were much more separate discussions. Today, the power of AI creates an opportunity to blend price optimization strategy with demand forecasting to create a value multiplier for distributors. Episode 11 Introduction Cliff Isaacson, EVP Product Strategy joins our show today […]
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Today in Episode 10 we are sitting with two former inventory analysts who have now evidently turned into offensive coordinators! Welcome, Sven Aunapu and Dan Craddock. Sven is Director of LifeLine Services and Analytics, joined by Dan, our resident inventory planning evangelist. They are here today to share 7 steps to […]
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Proven Steps to Accelerate the ROI of Your Supply Chain Solution Introduction Welcome back to the PlanningPosts Podcast! Today we’re not just talking about demand forecasting, or new items, or deal buys. Episode 9 focuses on how getting a great start to your implementation can accelerate the ROI of your […]
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Today’s PlanningPosts chat is with long-time veteran in the inventory optimization world, Tracy Coon, along with PlanningPosts evangelist Dan Craddock, on the topic of Optimizing New Item inventory. Summary: New item forecasting is a troubling area because of its tremendous profit impact. If a company has $50M in inventory, New Items […]
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How can the most optimal demand planning and inventory optimization models be combined with AI and machine learning to improve profitably and efficiency?
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Cliff Isaacson, Executive VP of Product Strategy at Blue Ridge cloud-native solutions for demand forecasting. Retailers have already been feeling the squeeze to fine-tune their pricing strategies for quite some time now; thanks to Amazon, distributors are now being dragged right into the thick of it. Distributors are stuck in […]
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In Episode 5 we are joined by Dan Craddock and special guest Paul Rose of Henry Schein, a Fortune 500 distribution company with more than 300,000 health care products in 31 countries.
The post How To Create a Culture for Innovative Forward Buying – Feat. Henry Schein Inc. appeared first on Blogs, Whitepapers, News & Customer Success Stories from Blue Ridge.
The post 10 Steps to a World-Class Inventory Planning Team appeared first on Blogs, Whitepapers, News & Customer Success Stories from Blue Ridge.
The post Tariffs and Supply Chain Planning: When Does a Speculative Buy Make Sense? appeared first on Blogs, Whitepapers, News & Customer Success Stories from Blue Ridge.
Beyond the basic KPIs, there are 10 key inventory analytics that can improve the overall financial health of your distribution business.
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Welcome to our very first episode of The PlanningPosts Podcast! Sponsored by Blue Ridge, hosted by Todd Craig. This podcast is a community of supply chain and inventory optimization experts dedicated to creating demand forecasting gurus!
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