Cognitive Merchandise Financial Planning
Change the way you make planning decisions with AI-driven capabilities that supercharge merchandising.
Competition is expanding, and inventory lifecycles are becoming shorter. Planning can no longer be conducted in silos constrained by artificial “seasonal” time frames and rigid hierarchies. With Blue Yonder’s merchandise financial planning, companies can easily tie enterprise-wide strategic plans though AI infused scenario planning to the execution of shared goals, establishing consumer-centric, omnichannel financial guidelines to manage inventory profitability and productivity.
70%
Of planning time automated
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Cognitive Merchandise Financial Planning
Leverage consumer-centric, omnichannel financial guidelines to profitably manage inventory and productivity.
Combine data science and machine learning to predict customer demand, seasonality and non-linear trends at a granular level across channels and stores.
Reduce waste with granular planning accuracy and optimize markdowns with machine learning to maximize revenue.
Plan the relevant measures to drive each channel's business, maintain a common inventory pool across channels and gain a holistic view of the organization.
Elevate long-range strategic plans by incorporating real estate plans and product strategies to evaluate business growth and opportunities.
Fulfill Your Planning Potential with Blue Yonder
Improved forecasting
Increase sales and reduce mark-downs and network inventory with AI-driven forecasts across categories and segments.
Optimized calculations
Higher Productivity
Dramatically transform how planners approach their role, shifting from manual reconciliation to AI-infused scenario planning.
Increased margins
Improved cash flow
Unified solution
“We established a much more robust planning system that goes all the way down to the subclass level, measuring performance in both dollars and units. As a result, we are much more capable of controlling our sales, inventory and forecasting. That has significantly improved our margins.”
