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Blue Yonder

Blue Yonder Luminate Planning

Composite Score

6.6 /10

CX Score

7.0 /10

15 Reviews Write a Review

What is Blue Yonder Luminate Planning?

Supply chains are facing a new era of uncertainty. To ensure that your products get to the people who need them, Luminate® Planning leverages a powerful digital twin foundation to intelligently predict potential problems and opportunities, offer machine learning-based recommendations for action, and pivot production, inventory, and labor plans to minimize risk and deliver with confidence.

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Awards & Recognition

Blue Yonder Luminate Planning won the following awards in the Warehouse Management Systems category

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2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Strategy and Innovation
Product Impact

2023

2 Top Rated Capabilities

4 Top Rated Features

2022

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022

Strategy and Innovation
Product Impact

2022

Blue Yonder Luminate Planning Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

83 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

76 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+79 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Blue Yonder Luminate Planning?

0% Negative

0% Neutral

100% Positive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Inspires Innovation
Continually Improving Product
Reliable

Cons

Under Delivered
Less Generous
Less Friendly Negotiation

Feature Ratings

Average 77

Receiving and Put-Away

Inventory Management

Shipping Management

Pick, Pack & Load

Location Management

Invoice Management

Forecasting and Planning

Analytics and Reporting

Labour Management

Purchasing

Returns Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 69

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

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Blue Yonder Luminate Planning Reviews

Anela H.

Role: Operations
Industry: Not for Profit
Involvement: Vendor Selection and Purchasing

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Submitted Sep 2021

Efficient and user friendly

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Blue Yonder Luminate Planning from other similar products?

Excellent machine learning integration in planning

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Planning implementation, efficency based on real time data

What do you dislike most about this product?

Disruption prediction not always accurate

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Use it particularly if planning is important to you

Pros

Reliable
Trustworthy
Caring
Respectful

Mike S.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2021

Satisfies complex functional needs, pricey

Likeliness to Recommend

6 /10

What differentiates Blue Yonder Luminate Planning from other similar products?

It satisfies more complex functional needs and has a deep configuration capability

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Ability to handle complex functional needs with ease

What do you dislike most about this product?

Quality, Vendor attitude and over pricing.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Features omnichannel capabilities and visibility across different suppliers and locations. Also real-time inbound and outbound processing, unified yard management, and integrated labour management and parcel operations. Deployed on premises or in the cloud, the system is best suited for midsize and large organizations. There are a few cloud deployments but challenges exist with service delivery.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Enables Productivity
Inspires Innovation
Acts with Integrity

Cons

Wastes Time
Less Efficient Service
Less Caring

Junaid A.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2021

Fantastic product

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Blue Yonder Luminate Planning from other similar products?

Integration with other systems and efficient inventory management

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Customization

What do you dislike most about this product?

Extanded js

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I would recommend it for large organisations who deals with variant products

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Effective Service

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Awards & Recognition

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

Blue Yonder Luminate Planning Ratings

83 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

76 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+79 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Blue Yonder Luminate Planning?

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Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Receiving and Put-Away Record and direct workers to to the best location to shelve the product.

Inventory Management Includes units tracking and purchasing, backorder status, and product history through barcodes, RFID, IoT and other methods of tracking inventory

Shipping Management Includes batch orders, packing slips and labels, rate calculations and tracking details.

Pick, Pack & Load Sort and print picking lists and then direct workers to the place where the product is stored and calculate the type and amount of packaging for orders.

Location Management Track inventory and view up-to-date inventory information across multiple locations and define physical and virtual warehouse locations.

Invoice Management Includes invoice creation, invoice capturing, invoice approval, and invoice payments.

Forecasting and Planning Includes historical "what-if" analysis, data separation, and demand shaping capacity.

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Labour Management Automated schedulers plan and forecast workers needed by day and job type according to procurement and shipping schedules, estimate costs and track key KPIs.

Purchasing Storing of supplier information in one place and syncs to inventory levels to manage procurements.

Returns Management Includes returns quality check, pending returns, and dispute case tracking.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

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Blue Yonder Luminate Planning Reviews

Anela H.

Efficient and user friendly

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Mike S.

Satisfies complex functional needs, pricey

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Junaid A.

Fantastic product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Receiving and Put-Away

Inventory Management

Shipping Management

Pick, Pack & Load

Location Management

Invoice Management

Forecasting and Planning

Analytics and Reporting

Labour Management

Purchasing

Returns Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support