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Amway’s Global Supply Chain Runs on Blue Yonder

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Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing
Applicable Industries	Consumer Goods Retail
Applicable Functions	Logistics & Transportation Warehouse & Inventory Management
Use Cases	Inventory Management Supply Chain Visibility
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services System Integration
Challenge	Amway, a global company selling health, beauty, and home care products in over 100 countries, was facing inconsistencies in its supply chain and logistics processes as it expanded into new regions. The company's annual sales exceed $8 billion, and managing the supply chain for such a vast operation was becoming increasingly complex. The company had a long-standing partnership with Blue Yonder, which had helped unify the global supply chain and deliver more consistent results. However, Amway was looking to further improve its operations by migrating its Blue Yonder solutions to a software-as-a-service (SaaS) delivery model. This move was aimed at maximizing speed, capacity, and agility, while minimizing Amway’s total cost of ownership. Read More
About Customer	Amway is a global company founded in Ada, Michigan, in 1959. The company sells health, beauty, and home care products in over 100 countries worldwide. As Amway expanded into new regions, its supply chain and logistics processes were becoming inconsistent. The company's annual sales exceed $8 billion, making it a significant player in the consumer goods industry. Amway has a long-standing partnership with Blue Yonder, which has helped unify the global supply chain and deliver more consistent results. Recently, Amway began migrating its Blue Yonder solutions to a software-as-a-service (SaaS) delivery model to maximize speed, capacity, and agility, while minimizing its total cost of ownership. Read More
Solution	Blue Yonder provided Amway with demand and supply planning capabilities that consolidated and synchronized demand signals, as well as external variables, across Amway’s global markets. This allowed Amway to make more accurate, profitable decisions, from inventory staging to maximizing turns. Blue Yonder also provided supply chain execution and fulfillment capabilities that helped Amway balance all the factors that determine inventory placement and solve executional problems in advance. These solutions took into account demand signals, customer service targets, safety-stock policies, and supply chain constraints, all while keeping costs-to-serve low. Furthermore, Blue Yonder’s cloud model, hosted on Microsoft Azure, allowed Amway to scale on demand, deliver faster, and reduce its total cost of ownership. The SaaS delivery model positioned Amway to integrate, orchestrate, and execute in real-time to maximize responsiveness. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing

Applicable Industries

Consumer Goods

Retail

Applicable Functions

Logistics & Transportation

Warehouse & Inventory Management

Use Cases

Inventory Management

Supply Chain Visibility

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

System Integration

Challenge

Amway, a global company selling health, beauty, and home care products in over 100 countries, was facing inconsistencies in its supply chain and logistics processes as it expanded into new regions. The company's annual sales exceed $8 billion, and managing the supply chain for such a vast operation was becoming increasingly complex. The company had a long-standing partnership with Blue Yonder, which had helped unify the global supply chain and deliver more consistent results. However, Amway was looking to further improve its operations by migrating its Blue Yonder solutions to a software-as-a-service (SaaS) delivery model. This move was aimed at maximizing speed, capacity, and agility, while minimizing Amway’s total cost of ownership.

About Customer

Amway is a global company founded in Ada, Michigan, in 1959. The company sells health, beauty, and home care products in over 100 countries worldwide. As Amway expanded into new regions, its supply chain and logistics processes were becoming inconsistent. The company's annual sales exceed $8 billion, making it a significant player in the consumer goods industry. Amway has a long-standing partnership with Blue Yonder, which has helped unify the global supply chain and deliver more consistent results. Recently, Amway began migrating its Blue Yonder solutions to a software-as-a-service (SaaS) delivery model to maximize speed, capacity, and agility, while minimizing its total cost of ownership.

Solution

Blue Yonder provided Amway with demand and supply planning capabilities that consolidated and synchronized demand signals, as well as external variables, across Amway’s global markets. This allowed Amway to make more accurate, profitable decisions, from inventory staging to maximizing turns. Blue Yonder also provided supply chain execution and fulfillment capabilities that helped Amway balance all the factors that determine inventory placement and solve executional problems in advance. These solutions took into account demand signals, customer service targets, safety-stock policies, and supply chain constraints, all while keeping costs-to-serve low. Furthermore, Blue Yonder’s cloud model, hosted on Microsoft Azure, allowed Amway to scale on demand, deliver faster, and reduce its total cost of ownership. The SaaS delivery model positioned Amway to integrate, orchestrate, and execute in real-time to maximize responsiveness.

Impact #1	Increased supply chain flexibility and agility
Impact #2	Improved responsiveness and operational performance
Impact #3	Reduced cost of ownership via the cloud

Impact #1

Increased supply chain flexibility and agility

Impact #2

Improved responsiveness and operational performance

Impact #3

Reduced cost of ownership via the cloud

Benefit #1	Amway manages over 221,000 demand-forecasting units across 100 countries
Benefit #2	Blue Yonder solutions are deployed in over 50 warehouses and the related transportation networks
Benefit #3	Amway can plan, execute and fulfill flexibility across 388,000 SKUs and supply chain facilities in 40 countries

Benefit #1

Amway manages over 221,000 demand-forecasting units across 100 countries

Benefit #2

Blue Yonder solutions are deployed in over 50 warehouses and the related transportation networks

Benefit #3

Amway can plan, execute and fulfill flexibility across 388,000 SKUs and supply chain facilities in 40 countries

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Amway’s Global Supply Chain Runs on Blue Yonder

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