Marks and Spencer migrates to Blue Yonder Luminate Planning platform

M&S has been working with Blue Yonder as part of its plans to reduce costs and improve stock flow by revamping its supply chain.

And the latter has now completed implementation of its demand and fulfilment capabilities through the cloud-based Luminate Planning portfolio built on Microsoft Azure.

M&S says that it can now evaluate demand scenarios and use prescriptive recommendations to make more accurate decisions; from staging the right inventory through the distribution network to minimising stock-outs and maximising inventory turns.

“As part of our fast moving Never the Same Again programme we’re re-engineering our Clothing & Home supply chain, this means ensuring our market leading demand platform remains up-to-date,” says Matt Horwood, Chief Technology Officer, M&S Clothing & Home.

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He adds: “We’ve worked collaboratively with Blue Yonder, our long-time supply chain provider, and other partners to digitally transform from on-premises to cloud-based architecture.”

“The ability to access new Luminate Planning capabilities will help us increase the speed of our supply chain to be more agile, with a strong, modern, supply chain platform foundation – ultimately better serving our customer online and in-store.”