{"id":27370,"date":"2020-12-16T09:01:46","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T14:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stageres.blueridgeglobal.com\/?p=27370"},"modified":"2025-09-15T20:15:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T00:15:48","slug":"blue-ridge-named-to-food-logistics-fl100-top-technology-providers-for-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueridgeglobal.com\/resources-press-releases\/blue-ridge-named-to-food-logistics-fl100-top-technology-providers-for-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Ridge Named to Food Logistics\u2019 FL100: Top Technology Providers for 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n

— Blue Ridge supply chain planning and pricing solutions balance customer needs with business realities that put pressure on today\u2019s foodservice and food wholesale distributors–<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"ATLANTA, December 16, 2020<\/strong> \u2013 Blue Ridge<\/a>,<\/u>\u00a0a leader in\u00a0supply chain planning<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0pricing solutions<\/a>,\u00a0today announced that it has been named to the 2020 FL100+ Top Software and Technology Providers list by Food Logistics<\/em>, the only publication exclusively dedicated to covering the movement of product through the global food supply chain. The annual FL100+ Top Software and Technology Providers honors leading software and technology providers that ensure a safe, efficient and reliable global food and beverage supply chain.<\/p>\n

Blue Ridge\u2019s distribution-focused pricing,\u00a0forecasting<\/a>\u00a0and inventory\u00a0planning<\/a>\u00a0platform balances customer needs with business realities like erratic demand from regional uniqueness, seasonality, and market fluctuations that put pressure on foodservice and food wholesale distributors. In 2018 and 2020, Frost & Sullivan recognized Blue Ridge as the Best Cloud-Native Supply Chain Planning Solution for Distributors.<\/a><\/p>\n

Blue Ridge\u2019s cloud-native technology generates a precise, day-by-day view of the supply chain to ensure product availability, prevent stock-outs, and eliminate excess inventory. Blue Ridge customers include Ben E. Keith Foodservice, Community Coffee Company, Hardie\u2019s Fresh Foods, Merchants Foodservice, Shamrock Foods and Suisan Foodservice.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ability to accurately forecast is of particular importance for perishable food distributors that prioritize the shelf life of products for their grocery customers above all,\u201d said Jim Byrnes, CEO of Blue Ridge.<\/p>\n

Blue Ridge\u2019s cloud-native Supply Chain Planning<\/a> (SCP) solution fully optimizes distributor inventory levels for both profit and desired service levels to the end customer. The solution automatically adapts to market trends and alerts users to suggested purchase order quantities, transfer orders, and demand shifts based on the latest data. Blue Ridge Integrated Business Planning (IBP)<\/a> is a next-generation S&OP solution that synchronizes revenue, demand supply and financial plans to craft one, consensus operational plan that ensures accountability across functional silos of the business.<\/p>\n

In February, Blue Ridge released the 2020 State of Wholesale Distribution Supply Chain Report<\/a>, which revealed a clear market need for solutions that streamline forecasting processes and reduce uncertainty. The Company also held a webinar for HVAC and Hardgoods distributors in November 2020 that shared three \u201cwar stories\u201d of distributors \u2013 the metrics they achieved and how they used these technologies to get a handle on overstock, stockouts and inventory planning efficiency. The replay is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

About Blue Ridge<\/strong><\/p>\n

Blue Ridge Supply Chain Planning and Price Optimization solutions empower distributors and retailers to tap into undiscovered margin through enterprise-wide inventory intelligence, automation and synchronization. Blue Ridge uniquely combines demand forecasting with pricing strategy, so that businesses can proactively understand the unpredictable and allocate the right inventory, right-priced across the entire mix, to accelerate top- and bottom-line results. In a world where the only constant is change, Blue Ridge provides more certainty, more speed and more assurance, so companies can see the why behind the buy and respond faster to the unexpected. That\u2019s why major retailers and distributors rely on Blue Ridge for a more foreseeable future. For more information, go to\u00a0www.blueridgeglobal.com<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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