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“Our Implementation was as close to painless as it was possible to get. We couldn’t have done it without Socius24.”
– Smart Garden Products
“By upgrading to the latest version of Dispatcher WMS we have been able to fully leverage the power and flexibility of this platform … and ensure we deliver the best possible service in a highly efficient manner.”
– Versteijnen
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JDA have announced that they have changed the name of their company. JDA Software will now be Blue Yonder. In this article, we share with you the logic, approach and what to expect ahead from Blue Yonder.
Why change the name of the company?
The supply chain market has changed dramatically in recent years. Pervasive access to network bandwidth coupled with mobile commerce has created an expectation of instant gratification in the mind of the consumer. Hyper-personalisation is expected to only increase. Cloud, machine learning, mobility and IoT are making things possible today that were unimaginable only a few short years ago. As a result, the substance at JDA has changed to keep up with market realities across our proposition and culture. Our hunch, our contemplations, when put through a robust market research process led by experts in the domain, led to a conclusion that JDA have outgrown our brand name.
The substance
Today, the nucleus of the company is what has always been the case – supply chain solutions for manufacturing, third-party logistics and retail. Built around it is an inspiring product portfolio that has been deployed successfully across the world. Blue Yonder believe in an ecosystem of partners and are investing in its build-out to provide greater flexibility and longevity to our customers. They are supplementing their skillsets in supply chain with the latest data scientists, as well as associates from other domains of close adjacency. The commitment for continuous improvement to deliver customer success in a SaaS world is real. Their metrics convey that they are well along the journey and need to continue accelerating.
What to expect?
With that backdrop, Blue Yonder are going “all-in on blue” with a renewed mission to empower every organization and person on the planet to fulfill their potential. Over the next two months, you’ll see the Blue Yonder name and brand come to life across their digital and physical properties. This includes a new website that they will unveil in the next month. Blue Yonder will also launch a new brand marketing campaign to support their transition, highlighting a new fresh, modern company and the expansive potential and promise that they bring to the market. Most importantly, you should experience a further rejuvenated 5,300 associates innovating and seeking to exceed customer expectations.
The Blue Yonder name represents the combined aspirations of our communities, customers, partners and our associates generating endless possibilities. They aspire for a better planet, a healthier planet with less waste driven by their solutions. They aspire for greater successes and value delivered to our customers. Blue Yonder aspire to see our partners grow as their run solutions on the Blue Yonder digital fulfillment platform. Blue Yonder seek to fulfill your potential.
JDA will move forward as Blue Yonder, a name that so clearly reflects who they are as a company and culture – full of endless innovation, possibilities and expansiveness.
Socius24 will be back at Intralogistex for the 6th Year running, on stand 516. IntraLogisteX is completely free and will be packed with everything practitioners need to improve productivity, safety, maximise space and cut costs from the 31st March to the 1st April 2020.
Prior to big event, we answer a few questions which we hope will prove useful for all visitors.
Can you please share a little bit about yourself with our visitors?
Having been delivering complex solutions for Industry and commerce for nearly thirty years, we have a really unique blend of Global experience in exceeding our customers’ expectations, coupled with leading software solutions from JDA, who are simply the largest pure-play Supply Chain company in the world. As the UK-based partner of JDA, Socius24 has led many successful WMS related implementations and was named JDA’s Reseller Partner of the Year for 2017.
Socius24 provide real value at every level from consumer to warehouse floor or manufacturing plant to the Boardroom. But being ‘on time and on budget’ is just not enough anymore: we understand our customers’ concerns and know how to mitigate and eliminate the barriers to achieve the joint goal to provide project success and tangible ‘return on investment’. The team at Socius24, with our partners at JDA, are experts in supporting companies to continually derive value out of their software systems by optimising every part of their warehouse/logistics processes. We view warehouses as strategic assets rather than being just storage spaces.
Through this approach, Socius24 has built an enviable reputation within the Logistics and Supply Chain industry based on the principles of honest customer service and delivering a high quality and professional solution to ensure our customers ‘thrive and survive’.
When companies implement JDA (formally RedPrairie) WMS they know they are using the system that world-class businesses, both large and small, trust to run their warehouse operations. Socius24 helps ensure that logistics and warehouse operators of all sizes and industry verticals outperform their competitors. We do this by enabling them to use WMS technologies they didn’t believe they could afford, in a way that they never expected to be possible.
Can you please tell us why you chose to exhibit at IntraLogisteX 2020?
Socius24 has been a long-time attendee at IntraLogisteX, this being our 6th year, as it provides all that an exhibitor would want from this type of event. It has become an important annual gathering for all relevant software and logistics related companies to meet delegates of the right profile and who are looking to speak with the most important suppliers within the logistics and supply chain industry. The exhibition is all under one roof, is not so massive thus making the best possible use of their valuable time to be able to make contact with the right people and solutions .
What will you be sharing with visitors at the exhibition?
Visitors will be able to view the market leading JDA WMS solution suite at the stand and speak with our acknowledged WMS experts and project managers about how best they can optimise their current operations using both JDA software and Socius24’s renowned industry knowledge and expertise. JDA are leading the drive to autonomous supply chains, embedding AI and machine learning as part of the strategy to remain firmly ahead in the market.
What do you feel are the biggest challenges facing the industry at the moment?
Most companies who contact Socius24 or JDA have already identified their WMS as inadequate or outdated. Or, perhaps, they are looking for the best solutions on the market but thinking the price will be too much for a business like theirs! We aim to reset that expectation and continue to ‘open the market’ by providing the best solutions at cost effective prices. We also see companies specifically identify a lack or absence of real time visibility into inventory, orders and events within their operations; be these warehouse processes, reducing the overall ‘cost to serve’, improving their efficiency and being viewed as innovative WMS partners by our customers customers.
Most systems that Socius24 replace (and we do replace a lot) aren’t flexible enough to enable companies to be reactive and agile to change and precisely configure their inward and outbound processes to meet the specific needs of their customers.
Many companies who implement either the JDA WMS suite or standalone solutions, need configurable and bespoke functionality for each and every individual customer or contract and cannot be restricted by one dimensional software.
They want a functionally rich set of products that don’t need vendor customisations but can be self-configured. This is the only way they can start to fulfil internal pressures to reduce their running costs of inventory, labour and transportation. Optimisation and analytics within the WMS are foremost in JDA’s constant evolution of their solutions. We just help by installing these effectively.
Traditional retailers have been forced to compete with global e-commerce companies that don’t own any retail shops. Consumer purchasing behaviours are evolving rapidly, as internet and mobile technology make it easier to order across multiple different channels which have to be interconnected within the retailer’s internal systems. Retailers have to adopt omni-channel strategies in order to compete and to this extent the market leaders are viewing their warehouses as key elements in the customer retention puzzle. Companies that fulfil orders with the fastest velocity and incur the lowest internal costs to do so are surging ahead of their competitors.
Manufacturers are having to embrace huge changes to the way they forecast and plan in response to ever-changing consumer buying habits. Many companies are much more responsive to micro demand signals and in effect build to order and not to stock. Additionally, they need to provide their materials to their manufacturing lines in a just-in-time manner and in a highly structured way. Their WMS requirements need to be capable of scheduling these orders to meet precise process flows and immovable deadlines.
These companies utilise market leading software such as JDA WMS that optimise every process within the warehouse to enable such performance both for their customers and also financially for the sustainability and success of the whole company itself. Partnering with Socius24 just means our customers get the best software implemented and supported professionally and effectively by industry experts… It is what we do; we deliver the best possible solutions so you can focus on growing your business and serving your customers in a better and more effective way.
Who is this event for?
IntraLogisteX is for logistics professionals who are looking for solutions to their current and future challenges, from the latest materials handling technologies to full-scale warehouse automation options. This event is designed for end-user practitioner logistics professionals such as warehouse managers, heads of distribution, IT directors and lead project managers
Socius24 will be back at Intralogistex for the 6th Year running. Book your place and come and see the latest JDA WMS in action.
IntraLogisteX is completely free and will be packed with everything practitioners need to improve productivity, safety, maximise space and cut costs.
- Are your current suppliers really giving you the best deal?
- Are you aware of all the latest industry innovation?
- Has your business got what it takes to stay ahead in competitive global marketplace?
Make sure the answer to all these questions is yes by attending IntraLogisteX
Who is this event for?
IntraLogisteX is for logistics professionals who are looking for solutions to their current and future challenges, from the latest materials handling technologies to full-scale warehouse automation options. This event is designed for end-user practitioner logistics professionals such as warehouse managers, heads of distribution, IT directors and lead project managers
Socius24 the WMS experts and JDA Alliance Partner, can upgrade your current WMS version to the latest available software release. We have delivered well over fifty installations or upgrades for JDA/RedPrairie customers around the world. Each one has been seamlessly successful and can cover just the technical/data aspects or a complete upgrade ‘mini project’ to bring you and your business right up to date.
IMHX is the largest event of its kind welcoming 16,000 professionals to see and experience the latest logistics and supply chain technology from the industry’s leading names.
Why Visit Socius24
Socius24 implements the market leading JDA RedPrairie WMS, used by world class supply chains in more than 1,220 sites across 50 countries, at a price now accessible to all companies – from Tier 1 international supply chains through to local SME’s.
Top WMS providers are usually simply too expensive and interested only in the largest companies – but not JDA. Socius24 are their trusted UK partner and have implemented JDA’s scalable WMS in many sites, from those with a just handful of users through to major multi-site rollouts. Come to stand 6C181 to view JDA’s WMS and discuss how it could transform your logistics operations.
Socius24 Summer Company Event – we had a criminally good time here in Oxford.
Socius24 holds it’s annual summer company meeting at the converted old prison in the heart of Oxford. After a business review meeting, the team enjoyed ‘escaping’ from two themed rooms at City Escapes.
Socius24 are attending the IMHX event at the NEC in Birmingham 24th to 27th of September Come and say hello at stand 6C181.
Socius24 has a sixth year of consecutive growth. Despite a difficult trading period, Soicus24 has once again managed to increase its net new and existing user sales, on boarded new customers and increased profitability with another record year.
European design brand Made.com has signed a lease for a new 165,000 sq ft distribution centre based at the DP World London Gateway Logistics Park in Stanford-le-Hope, Essex to replace its existing distribution centre near Ipswich to enable it to increase capacity and take greater control of its service to UK customers. Socius24 Implements Dispatcher WMS for Made.com
Socius24 will be back at the Ricoh Arena 26th & 27th of February 2019 for the 5th Year. We will be showcasing the powerful combination of JDA 2018.1 and the latest USP Application.
IntraLogisteX 2019 is taking place on Tuesday 26th and Wednesday 27th February 2019 at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry. The exhibition is the fastest growing annual exhibition for the intralogistics industry and is packed with everything practitioners need to improve productivity, safety, maximise space and cut costs. The 2019 exhibition promises more exhibitors, visitors, seminars and speakers than ever before.
