Blue Yonder

Blue Yonder submits proposal for IPO

Blue Yonder, a leader in supply chain software, announced Friday it has confidentially submitted a proposed initial public offering (IPO) to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The IPO price and number of shares have not yet been determined.

In March, the company was rumored to be under consideration for acquisition by Panasonic Corp. (OTC:PCRFF), an electronics firm, for $6.45 billion, according to a report by Nikkei Asia. The Japanese company already has a 20% stake in Blue Yonder, which...

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Report: Panasonic set to acquire Blue Yonder for $6.5B

This is a developing story and FreightWaves will continue to update this file.

Artificial intelligence-driven digital fulfillment provider Blue Yonder is expected to be acquired by Panasonic, according to a report by Nikkei Asia. The Japanese manufacturing company is expected to pay $6.5 billion in its biggest acquisition in a decade.

Panasonic acquired a 20% stake in Blue Yonder in 2020 for approximately $790 million. Reuters reports that Panasonic will acquire the rest of the stock from...

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Redwood Logistics integrates with Blue Yonder for real-time capacity, pricing

Redwood Logistics, a leading logistics platform company headquartered in Chicago, has announced an integration with Blue Yonder’s dynamic price discovery service to launch Redwood’s Rating API solution. This connection will provide instant truckload rates with guaranteed capacity, bringing superior buying capabilities to Redwood’s customers.

The Rating API is the latest piece of Redwood’s Logistics Platform as a Service (LPaaS) model, which connects its customers to a variety of industry-leading...

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Commentary: Chain of Demand applies AI, machine learning to retail supply chain profitability

The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates. 

In this installment of the AI in Supply Chain series (#AIinSupplyChain), we explore how Chain of Demand, an early-stage startup based in Hong Kong, is helping companies in the retail industry apply AI and machine learning to increase their profitability and sustainability.

Chain of Demand — born out of insights gained in the retail industry

I spoke with AJ Mak,...

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Convoy expands access to real-time prices with new TMS partnerships

Convoy adds tms integrations

Five additional partnerships with transportation management system (TMS) suppliers have been announced by Convoy, giving its shipping customers more options to seamlessly book freight with the company.

“These partnerships are important because they enable our TMS and related platform partners to offer Convoy’s automated real-time prices with guaranteed capacity to our mutual customers,” a Convoy spokesperson told FreightWaves. “In partnering with a broad array of TMS leaders, we offer shippers...

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Uber Freight integration offers shippers rideshare-level simplicity

Uber Freight Blue Yonder
  • Bill Driegert, Uber Freight co-founder and head of operations: “You get a price, hit a button and execute.”

Uber Freight is partnering with AI supply chain services vendor Blue Yonder on a carrier marketplace offering that will allow the digital freight brokerage to access more demand from the software provider’s TMS user base.

The solution, which functions as a dynamic pricing offering, provides both instant quoting of...

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DHL Supply Chain partners with Blue Yonder to accelerate warehouse robotics Ÿ

DHL Blue Yonder

DHL Supply Chain, part of Deutsche Post DHL Group, has launched a new “plug & play” robotics platform in collaboration with Microsoft, and the artificial intelligence (AI)-driven digital fulfillment provider Blue Yonder.

The robotics platform, announced today, marks another step in DHL’s broader digitization efforts. It is designed to reduce integration time and programming efforts involved in on-boarding new automation devices into warehouse facilities, and to give the company’s customers...

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Enhanced digitalization as Schneider, Blue Yonder collaborate on carrier marketplace

Schneider Blue Yonder

Transportation and logistics giant Schneider (NYSE: SNDR) announced a new collaboration with software provider Blue Yonder, delivering a new carrier marketplace and marking another stage in Schneider’s evolution toward automated and digital experiences.

“The reality is, data is power,” Erin Van Zeeland, Schneider’s senior vice president and general manager of logistics services, told FreightWaves. Schneider is leveraging APIs and digital interactions, she explained,  “to create unique solutions...

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