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REI Empowers Customers with Choice Using Blue Yonder

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REI is a specialty outdoor retailer and the nation’s largest consumer co-operative. This video shows how they leverage Blue Yonder’s Inventory and Commits microservices to help them provide customers with choice, optimize delivery dates that customers can trust and reduce split shipments which enable a more sustainable supply chain.

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