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Make Supply Chain a Competitive Differentiator With Blue Yonder

In this episode of Total Retail Tech Insights, Editor-in-Chief Joe Keenan interviews Omar Akilah, corporate vice president of commerce products, and Eugene Amigud, corporate vice president of commerce at Blue Yonder, the world leader in digital supply chain and omnichannel commerce fulfillment. Akilah and Amigud discuss their professional backgrounds and current roles, how Blue Yonder helps retailers power their supply chains, and their evaluation of the current state of the supply chain. They share the level of technology needed in retail stores to meet today's consumer expectations for cross-channel experiences, as well as what retailers should be evaluating when looking to optimize the connected commerce experience.

Furthermore, Akilah and Amigud discuss how Blue Yonder helps retailers with inventory forecasting and planning, the collaboration needed across an organization to compete in today's speed-driven environment, and the importance of real-time access to inventory and customer data. Lastly, they share the three things retailers need to focus on to make supply chain a competitive differentiator.

Omar Akilah is the corporate vice president, commerce products at Blue Yonder. In this role, he oversees the Luminate Commerce product management team, developing microservices that meet the demand and fulfilment needs of Blue Yonder’s retail customers. Akilah held the same role at Yantriks, a SaaS provider of commerce and fulfillment microservices that was purchased by Blue Yonder in 2020. Prior to that, Akilah served as vice president of product development at GrandCanals Inc., and as director of fulfillment experience transformation — inventory and promising, omni-options, order management at Target.

Eugene Amigud is the corporate vice president, commerce at Blue Yonder. In this role, he oversees the Luminate Commerce teams, including sales, product management and product development. Amigud was the founder and managing partner at Yantriks, a SaaS provider of commerce and fulfillment microservices that was purchased by Blue Yonder in 2020. Prior to that, Amigud was a software architect for IBM and a principal software engineer for Sterling Commerce, an AT&T company.

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