Size a Blue Yonder implementation by module and effort driver

For supply-chain and IT leads planning Blue Yonder demand-planning or warehouse-management implementations.

Engagement type: Solo Pod
Experts: 1 lead · 1 consulted
Hours: ~25
Duration: 2 weeks

What the client needed

A firm needed to understand Blue Yonder implementations in demand planning and warehouse management: the characteristics of small, medium and large scenarios — modules, employees, SKUs, integrations, regions — the typical effort drivers by module, and the team composition.

The experts engaged

Previously at Infosys, Cognizant · 15 years

Roles heldsenior technical consultant and solutions architect, Blue Yonder · senior functional consultant, Blue Yonder

Fifteen years of JDA/Blue Yonder supply-chain implementation, demand planning in depth
Programmes across North America, Europe and APAC in manufacturing, retail and food & beverage

Atlas Verified · Tier B

Previously at Genpact, Accenture, TCS, Infosys, HCL Technologies · 18 years

Roles heldsenior manager, supply chain and MDM · operations manager, supply chain management · delivery manager

End-to-end supply-chain solutioning: master data, spend analysis, demand planning, risk and controls
Solutions across all major geographies and industries

Atlas Verified · Tier C

A exceptional · B strong · C competent — the tier is derived from the whole assessment, not a single score. The transcript and report are open to you before you engage. How verification works →

The brief

The questions on the table

As the client wrote them, lightly shortened. Client and respondents are not named.

Q1
What defines small, medium and large Blue Yonder implementations — modules, employees, SKUs, integrations, regions?
Q2
What are the effort drivers by module?
Q3
What is the typical team composition?

The hours

What the work involved

01
Scenario definitions
On the five characteristics, with examples from demand-planning programmes across North America, Europe and APAC.
02
Effort drivers by module
Demand planning in depth; warehouse management at the level the expert could support, with a supply-chain solutioning lead covering the rest.
03
Team composition
Roles and levels, with the onshore/offshore pattern that works.
04
Session
One session with the client’s supply-chain IT team.

Deliverables

What the client received

Scenario definitionsWith examples.
Effort drivers by moduleDemand planning and warehouse management.
Team compositionWith shoring pattern.
One sessionWith notes.

The terms

What an engagement like this costs

You buy hours in blocks and can change the expert at the end of any block, at no extra cost. Longer projects run in stages: pause after a block, pick up the next stage when you are ready.

Pricing in full →

Rate band: $65–$250 /hr; Senior specialists can be up to $500
Hour blocks: 1 · 2 · 5 · 10 · 20 · 50 · custom
This engagement: Solo Pod · ~25 hours · 2 weeks

Planning a Blue Yonder programme?

Describe what you need

For example: “We need an independent view of effort drivers and team for a Blue Yonder demand-planning roll-out across two regions.”

We aim to come back with matched experts within 24 to 72 hours.