Intelligent CIO Europe Issue 29 | Page 11

NEWS Sainsbury’s feeds its supply chain strategy with Blue Yonder capabilities will now span AI-powered demand forecasting and replenishment, digital control tower, space management, macro space planning, range management, warehouse management, labour management and yard management. Sainsbury’s operates more than 2,000 stores across its Sainsbury’s, Argos and Habitat brands. Sainsbury’s also operates a number of wholesale partnerships globally. Blue Yonder has announced that Sainsbury’s, one of the United Kingdom’s leading multi brand, multichannel retailers across food, clothing, general merchandise and financial services, has selected Blue Yonder’s end-to-end supply chain platform as the foundation of its supply chain transformation. Sainsbury’s will deploy Blue Yonder to power its end-to-end supply chain strategy on a single Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered platform. To support the business’ future supply chain programme, Sainsbury’s will benefit from extending its current Blue Yonder solutions footprint with powerful new capabilities. These current and new By partnering with the in-house engineering expertise of Sainsbury’s Tech, together the two businesses will create an autonomous selflearning supply chain platform with advanced Machine Learning capabilities. This step forward will enable Sainsbury’s colleagues to spend more time on the store floor and serving customers. Sainsbury’s chose Blue Yonder for its leading Machine Learning (ML) capabilities and SaaS-based solutions that uniquely power an end-to-end supply chain experience. ///////////////// Juniper Networks provides Deutsche Telekom with managed SD-WAN platform Juniper Networks, a leader in secure, AI-driven networks, has partnered with T-Systems, one of the world-leading crossmanufacturer digital service providers, to create and deliver a managed SD-WAN infrastructure as part of an end-to-end service overlay solution for companies with complex network and connectivity requirements. With this service offering, T-Systems is focusing on the adoption of modern enterprise networking with a secure, managed platform for the delivery of multi-cloud hosted applications, as well as delivering standardised services as managed SD-WAN overlay services, called Smart SD-WAN. Smart SD-WAN powered by Juniper is a cornerstone of an advanced, secure networking infrastructure, which is the foundation of T-Systems’ Digital Transformation strategy. Having already secured a major European transportation brand as a flagship customer for these services, T-Systems is expecting its offering to provide a compelling proposition for a wide range of enterprises to deliver significant revenues to its business. Ultimately, T-Systems is committed to helping its enterprise customers navigate Juniper helps its customers achieve their digital goals Digital Transformation by reducing complexity, managing costs effectively and increasing data protection capabilities. Furthermore, providing its customers with greater visibility into the network as a core business asset helps them achieve their digital goals more easily. www.intelligentcio.com INTELLIGENTCIO 11