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Time to Rethink Sourcing Rare Earth Elements

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Strategic National Stockpiles and Sourcing for the National Interest! With the onset of the COVID19 pandemic, and the resulting supply chain fallout , many have speculated on how the U.S. sourcing #rareearthelements. What are Rare Earth Elements? What can we do now?

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Get More Out of Your Kroger 84.51 and Market6 Data

Alloy

It gathers and stores a tremendous amount of data from various sources, including customer transactions, loyalty card data, online interactions, and market trends. The purchase of Market6 was an effort by 84.51° to fill this gap, and in some ways it did. The 84.51° helps brands better understand their customer.

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Sizing up RSi and Alloy with a company insider

Alloy

In this Q&A with Brian Babbitt , Head of Solutions Consulting at Alloy, we discuss options for consumer goods manufacturers evaluating supply chain management solutions. RSi was acquired by IRI in October 2020 in hopes of helping customers actually optimize their supply chain. What led you to Alloy?

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

Alloy

The candy and snacks category is probably the most challenging category in the supply chain, perhaps second only to floral. And if it is fulfilled, it might not arrive in time, resulting in costly buy-backs once the holiday has passed. Shipment recommendations to get ahead of allocation issues.

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Your Ultimate Guide to Walmart Luminate

Alloy

Channel Performance in Walmart Luminate is intended to act as your single-source of truth for sales, inventory and forecast data. 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.

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A Digital Transformation Discussion with Supply Chain Execs

Alloy

Alloy recently had the pleasure of joining the Slalom Digital Innovation in Supply Chain Summit , January 23–24 in Seattle. How do we set up a trusted single data source? identify a good data source, establish learnings, and then begin applying them to other data sources. How do you handle change management?

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Parsing McLane’s inventory and order data for suppliers

Alloy

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.