Apparel & Footwear

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Apparel & Footwear

Guesswork is out of fashion

Don’t rely on guesswork in the unpredictable fashion industry - leverage AI that delivers smarter planning and faster execution to enhance customer experiences and boost revenue.

Industry Challenges

Give your supply chain the power to shake off disruption

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Black swan events complicate seasonal planning

Increasing mobile comparison shopping, fast-moving social media style trends, and even the changing physicality of influencers, impede accurately forecasting fashion markets in preseason.
Money

Complex balances between offshoring and nearshoring

Uncertain trade partners, shorter sales times, expensive air shipping, and labor shortages complicate the coordination of production and transportation.
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Omni-channel and full-service act as cost drivers

The shift toward omni-channel commerce increases margin pressure, while control and sanitizing of returned goods reduces profitability in end of season stock.

Actual Results from Apparel & Fashion Brands

Case Studies

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Business Impact

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Capabilities

Solutions for every retail supply chain challenge from raw material to end consumer

Manage merchandising strategies, boost supply chain performance

Manage pre-season, in-season, open-to-buy, and other merchandising strategies, to coordinate inventory plans and end-to-end distributions for a more responsive and profitable supply chain.
Retail Planning and Category Management

Maximize space, boost sales and profitability

Gain a comprehensive and accurate understanding of available space and maximize shelf and floor space to drive profitable sales for new fashions as well as continuity items.
Space management

Automate pricing, maximize margins, attract shoppers

Fully automate pricing decisions across the entire product lifecycle to make smarter decisions that optimize margins while appealing to customers’ fashion sense and value.
Merchandising

Prepare for disruption, deliver with confidence

Gain insights and automate processes to prepare for black swan events so that when the unexpected happens you can quickly have the right products at the right locations to cope with market changes, supply disruptions, and fickle consumer trends.
Inventory Optimization

Smarter labor, flexible delivery, real-time results

Align labor scheduling with predicted demand for exceptional omnichannel fulfillment, providing better personalized service to last- mile delivery flexibility including dynamic routing, optimized load building, and real-time visibility.
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Real-Time visibility and orchestration

Visualize the flow of goods across the supply chain so you can measure the impact of supply, demand, and disruptions in real time. Apply prescriptive resolutions to mitigate risks, analyze trade-offs, balance outcomes, and respond to disruptions with speed, agility, and confidence.
Control Tower

Orchestrate your supply chain, unlock hidden value

Blue Yonder enables end-to-end visibility and synchronization across the supply chain, from the warehouse to the final sale. This enables retailers to adapt to unexpected demand surges, support more-complex buying journeys, adapt to resource volatility, and react to changing shopping preferences with an orchestrated approach that unlocks hidden value.
Platform

Streamline returns for increased efficiency and customer satisfaction

Give your customers the convenient, self-service drop-off experience they want and gain the speed, efficiency and data you need to resell returned stock in the same season. Block out-of-policy returns, empower your staff with step-by-step instructions and ensure every returned item is routed to the right place, using the most optimal carrier option.
Returns Management

Industry insights

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