Blue Yonder, a provider of supply chain solutions, announced the acquisition of flexis AG, a provider of flexible and innovative software technologies specializing in production optimization and transportation planning and execution. With a strong customer base in the automotive and industrial original equipment (OEM) industries, flexis strengthens Blue Yonder’s capabilities to help companies with highly configurable products and extensive suppliers plan and optimize their production facilities complexes and their network structures.
“Through dynamic planning and flexibility in order scheduling and sequencing, flexis’ capabilities enable companies to provide exemplary service to their customers, making the solution to modern manufacturing challenges so elegant as possible,” says Duncan Angove, managing director of Blue Yonder. “Flexis’ proven solutions are trusted by some of the world’s largest automotive and industrial OEM brands. Its expertise perfectly meets the evolving demands of today’s automotive industry, marked by a boom in electric vehicle production, digital purchasing models and enhanced customization options from configure to order. Their vision and offerings will be a remarkable addition to Blue Yonder’s portfolio, leveraging new opportunities and adding value across the full planning and execution cycle, including advanced planning and scheduling (with modules for order window, order sequencing and detailed scheduling), sales and operations planning, transportation planning, and scheduling. These capabilities enable customers to dynamically manage numerous constraints at an end-to-end strategic and tactical level within their unique process. »
As companies continue their shift toward personalization, they are looking for ways to provide consumers with increased ability to tailor their product before it is manufactured. flexis allows manufacturers to plan and sequence orders on their assembly lines flexibly and integrate with order management systems to balance and optimize production dates based on inventory availability , material constraints, transport schedules and production sequences.
“IDC has noticed Blue Yonder’s growth in the supply chain planning space over the past several years. The combination of their cognitive platform and flexis’ proven, adaptable solvers provides solutions to manage end-to-end supply chain complexity and achieve rapid ROI as automakers seek to improve sophistication, accuracy and efficiency of their supply chain with tools tailored to their unique challenges,” said Eric Thompson, global research director for supply chain planning at IDC. “The acquisition of flexis will strengthen Blue Yonder’s end-to-end positioning in the market and is a logical and valuable addition to its ecosystem of supply chain management tools. »
Notable flexis solutions include production planning and scheduling, order scheduling and sequencing (OSS), transportation capacity planning, vehicle routing and scheduling, all on one API-based microservices architecture. Its offerings complement Blue Yonder’s comprehensive supply chain solution, which includes sales and operations planning, order fulfillment and forecasting, workforce management, logistics management, and inventory management. warehouses.
“Blue Yonder has long been recognized as a leader in supply chain management and consistently pursues the goal of being the largest end-to-end platform in the world. We are therefore proud to contribute to this mission with our experienced team and end-to-end portfolio,” says Philipp Beisswenger, Managing Director of flexis. “Our combined technologies will add significant value to customers looking to improve their experience, from placing individual e-commerce-based orders, to long-term planning of parts and materials, to the production process from configuration to order. »
This transaction marks Blue Yonder’s second acquisition in the last three months. In November 2023, Blue Yonder acquired Doddle , a leading technology company focused on making the first and last mile more seamless, sustainable and profitable. These strategic investments demonstrate Blue Yonder’s commitment to its mission: to transform supply chain management with a comprehensive end-to-end platform built on the world’s most advanced technology.
SOURCE : BusinessWire