Ward +
Blue Yonder
Your Blue Yonder data holds answers your team doesn’t have time to extract. Ward layers on top of Blue Yonder demand planning and replenishment. Ward watches what Blue Yonder recommends and flags when actual diverges from plan.
What’s hiding in your
Blue Yonder data.
The problems are already in Blue Yonder. Ward finds them and explains why.
Blue Yonder data, married to
everything else.
Blue Yonder is one signal. Ward combines it with weather, events, competitor pricing, and more.
Chat
Ask anything. Ward routes to the right agent and returns cited answers.
I pulled Store 37’s last 28 days against the chain baseline. Two root causes, both compounding.
| Signal | Finding |
|---|---|
labor_efficiency | Rev/labor-hour −22% vs. cluster, staffing mismatch at 11a–1p peak |
inventory.fresh | Fresh fill 83%, backroom replenishment lag at 2–4p |
promo.lift | BOGO crackers cannibalized Brand Y by 28%, net category +6% |
Recommend: re-baseline Store 37 schedule against true peak, raise replen window to 1p, and review the BOGO before next cycle.
labor_scheduling…
Dashboards
Pinned views built from saved data-lake queries.
Models
Browse, search, and manage data–lake model definitions for your tenant.
| Name | Namespace | Version |
|---|---|---|
retail_pos_transactions | retail | 1.0 |
retail_inventory_snapshot | retail | 1.2 |
retail_labor_scheduling | retail | 1.0 |
retail_promo_calendar | retail | 1.1 |
retail_supplier_performance | retail | 1.0 |
sap_inventory_shrinkage | sap | 1.0 |
ga4_daily_events | marketing | 1.0 |
meta_ads_ad_level | marketing | 1.0 |
Sources
Connect external systems to the data lake.
| Name | Type | Last sync |
|---|---|---|
sap_pos_transactions | import | 2m ago |
sap_inventory_shrinkage | import | 2m ago |
sap_labor_scheduling | import | 14m ago |
retail_inventory_weekly | import | 1h ago |
retail_google_ads_daily | import | 1h ago |
retail_meta_ads_daily | import | 1h ago |
retail_ga4_website_daily | import | 1h ago |
Architecture
Two ways to connect. Federate against your live systems, or ingest into Ward’s data lake. Toggle below.
sap.possnow.inventoryPipelines
Move data from sources into models on a schedule.
| Name | Source | Model | Status | Schedule |
|---|---|---|---|---|
sync_sap_pos_transactions | sap_pos_transactions | pos_transactions | enabled | hourly |
sync_sap_labor_scheduling | sap_labor_scheduling | labor_scheduling | enabled | daily |
sync_sap_inventory_shrinkage | sap_inventory_shrinkage | inventory_shrinkage | enabled | daily |
sync_retail_inventory_weekly | retail_inventory_weekly | inventory_weekly | enabled | weekly |
sync_retail_google_ads_daily | retail_google_ads_daily | google_ads_daily | enabled | daily |
sync_retail_ga4_website_daily | retail_ga4_website_daily | ga4_website_daily | enabled | daily |
Streams
Real-time ingestion pipelines.
pos.txnstore_037, basket $42.18inv.movedc_west → store_104labor.clockstore_022 shift_startpos.txnstore_211, basket $19.04
Policies
Browse and manage Cedar access policies for your tenant.
| Policy ID | Effect | Resources |
|---|---|---|
merch-read-default | permit | Model::* |
finance-read-shrinkage | permit | Model::"shrinkage" |
vendor-blocked | forbid | Model::"labor_*" |
region-west-only | permit | Tenant::"acme" |
Entities
Principals and resources referenced by Cedar policies.
| Entity UID | Type | Tenant |
|---|---|---|
Tenant::"acme" | Tenant | acme |
Model::"sap.pos_transactions" | Model | acme |
Model::"sap.inventory_shrinkage" | Model | acme |
Model::"sap.labor_scheduling" | Model | acme |
Model::"retail.toast_pos_daily" | Model | acme |
Model::"retail.ga4_website_daily" | Model | acme |
Providers
Manage LLM API keys and the model profiles that use them.
| Name | Provider | Used by | Created |
|---|---|---|---|
anthropic-default | Anthropic | 3 profiles | Apr 22 |
openai-default | OpenAI | 2 profiles | Apr 22 |
gemini-default | Gemini | 1 profile | Apr 22 |
ollama-onprem | Ollama | 2 profiles | Apr 22 |
LLM-agnostic. Bring your own key, route per task. No lock-in.
Settings
Manage your dashboard preferences and account.
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Data Ward reads
from Blue Yonder.
Ward reads Blue Yonder outputs via API or flat file export. Compares forecasts against actuals to measure accuracy.
Read-only access to Blue Yonder. No changes to your configuration.
Blue Yonder data married to weather, events, and competitor pricing.
Anomalies surfaced continuously, each with a root cause attached.
Findings arrive before your team logs in, not in a quarterly review.
Your Blue Yonder data holds answers your team doesn’t have time to extract. Ward reads it continuously and explains why.
- ×Anomalies found manually, if at all
- ×Dashboards show what happened, not why
- ×No one watching between scheduled reviews
- ✓Anomalies detected and explained automatically
- ✓Root cause analysis, not just an alert
- ✓Morning brief before your team logs in
More Supply Chain
integrations.
Ward connects to the leading supply chain platforms.
Blue Yonder + Ward
by vertical.
Blue Yonder data powers
every insight card.
Blue Yonder data powers every insight card type.
Ward + Blue Yonder
for your team.
Playbooks that run on Blue Yonder.
Ward reads and writes Blue Yonder as the system of record for these playbooks, no ETL. Each closes only when the KPI moves.
Merchandising
Supply Chain
Store Operations
Insights surface
Ward’s agents detect what changed, why it matters, and what to do about it. Every insight includes a recommended action. Not just a chart to interpret.
Insights become actions
Any insight card can be turned into a tracked ticket or task. Dispatched to the right person, on the right channel: mobile push, text, or email. Not every insight needs a ticket. When one does, it has an owner.
Your team responds
Insights get voted up or down with reasoning. Tickets get completed or rejected. Every response is a signal. Ward learns what worked, what missed, and why.
Outcomes measured
Ward evaluates real results: revenue, margin, fill rate, labor cost. Did the action actually improve the number it targeted? Measured outcomes, not assumptions.
Agents get sharper
Every vote, every completed ticket, every measured outcome feeds back in. Ward learns from your team’s judgment and real-world results. Each cycle sharpens the next. Then it starts again.
Your Blue Yonder data holds answers nobody has time to find.
Ward reads it continuously and delivers what it finds. With root causes.
Find out what your data has been hiding.
Tell us about your operation. We’ll show you the problems Ward catches, and the ones your current tools miss.