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Blue Yonder Named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Warehouse Management Systems for the 18th Consecutive Time

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Blue Yonder, the AI company for supply chain, has been named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) based on Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision. This is the 18th consecutive time the company has been recognized in the report.i,ii Blue Yonder is one of only two companies recognized as a Leader in three Gartner Magic Quadrant reports covering Supply Chain Planning: Discrete Industries, Transportation Management Systems and Warehouse Management Systems.iii

As companies navigate ongoing disruptions and rising cost and labor pressures, Blue Yonder continues to advance its Warehouse Management Solution. Blue Yonder Warehouse Management, one of the company’s Cognitive Solutions, leverages the Blue Yonder Platform and AI data cloud to eliminate silos and enable end-to-end interoperability for unified decisioning and optimization across systems. With predictive and agentic AI, resource optimization, and real-time visibility and execution enhancements, the solution helps customers drive faster, smarter decisions, reduce costs and increase efficiency.

“Today’s warehouses must operate more autonomously than ever before,” said Wayne Usie, chief strategy officer, Blue Yonder. “We believe being recognized for the 18th time from Gartner underscores our continued innovation and what our customers are achieving with it—increased agility, speed and precision across their warehouse operations.”

The product of over 25 years of customer-centric development, Blue Yonder Warehouse Management has been widely adopted, averaging one go-live per business day in 2025. The solution delivers optimized performance and transformative capabilities across all warehouse processes, including warehouse execution, labor management, yard management, load building, and returns processing, among others. Blue Yonder continues to expand these capabilities through ongoing innovation and strategic acquisitions, including One Network and Optoro. Some of the latest innovations and enhancements include:

  • Advanced AI and machine learning capabilities, including the AI-powered Warehouse Ops Agent, provide real-time monitoring, actionable insights, dynamic forecasting, resource orchestration, and advanced slotting to increase efficiency and boost performance

  • Streamlined onboarding and seamless integration with robotics and automation solutions improve utilization, increase throughput and accelerate time to value

  • Comprehensive features and functionality with a cloud-native architecture support customer-specific operating requirements while enabling zero-downtime deployments, peak availability and limitless scalability

Additional Resources:

  • Download a copy of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Warehouse Management Systems report here

  • Learn more about Blue Yonder’s Warehouse Management Solution here 

About Blue Yonder

Blue Yonder is the AI company for supply chain. As the world leader in end-to-end digital supply chain transformation, Blue Yonder offers a unified, AI-driven platform and multi-tier network that empowers businesses to operate sustainably, scale profitably, and delight their customers—all at machine speed. A pioneer in applying AI solutions to the most complicated supply chain challenges, Blue Yonder’s modern innovations and unmatched industry expertise help more than 3,000 retailers, manufacturers, and logistics service providers confidently navigate supply chain complexity and disruption. blueyonder.com

“Blue Yonder” is a trademark or registered trademark of Blue Yonder Group, Inc. Any trade, product or service name referenced in this document using the name “Blue Yonder” is a trademark and/or property of Blue Yonder Group, Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of the companies with which they are associated.

iGartner, Magic Quadrant for Warehouse Management Systems, Simon Tunstall et.al, 29 April 2026.

iiBlue Yonder was previously listed as Red Prairie/JDA/JDA Software; the company rebranded to Blue Yonder in February 2020.

iiiGartner, Magic Quadrant for Supply Chain Planning Solutions: Discrete Industries, Joe Graham et.al, 18 March 2026. Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Transportation Management Systems, Brock Johns et.al, 30 March 2026. Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Warehouse Management Systems, Simon Tunstall et.al, 29 April 2026.

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