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The supply chain tips that made Moose Toys a “Walmart Supplier of the Year”

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Headline: The supply chain tips that made Moose Toys Walmart’s Supplier of the Year. It’s no accident that Moose Toys was awarded Walmart Toy Supplier of the Year at the retailer’s annual supply chain conference earlier this year. The key is that there is a lot of flexibility within Walmart’s supply chain.

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Time to Rethink Sourcing Rare Earth Elements

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. With the onset of the COVID19 pandemic, and the resulting supply chain fallout , many have speculated on how the U.S. This acute shortage and dependence has raised alarms and questions about remediation supply chain strategies for materials and finished products.

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Staying Ahead of Holiday Allocation Issues as a Candy and Snacks Brand

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The candy and snacks category is probably the most challenging category in the supply chain, perhaps second only to floral. Lead times from the manufacturer are calculated and shipping times to the retailer’s DCs are factored in even before the final leg of the journey to the store. Inventory available to ship.

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Your Ultimate Guide to Walmart Luminate

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Channel Performance in Walmart Luminate gives you a true omni-channel view of sales, whether the purchase is in-store, delivered, shipped to store, picked up, or shipped directly to the customer. Get the Right Visualizations with the Latest Data The major drawback of creating data visualizations in Excel is their static nature.

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Parsing McLane’s inventory and order data for suppliers

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McLane Company is an important customer for many food and beverage brands, who use its supply chain services to get their products to grocery, drug and convenience stores. At Alloy, we’ve worked with several suppliers who rely on McLane to distribute its everyday products to key retailers. Purchase Orders.