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Inventory and forecast data from retailers: After your product ships (Part 2)

Alloy

Part 1 of this series highlighted four of the most important retailer data points that suppliers need to maintain an efficient supply chain and maximize sales opportunities: Unit Sales (Net), Dollar Sales (Net), Price, and Retailer COGS. It’s calculated by dividing Retailer COGS by the average inventory on hand during the period.

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3 Strategies for CFOs navigating a supply-constrained world

Alloy

First, it was the unprecedented pandemic of 2020; now the supply-constrained present. CFOs are being forced to navigate inflation, rising supply costs, logistics challenges, and wild shifts in consumer demand. These forces are converging to create a supply-constrained landscape for almost every consumer goods brand.

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An interview with Gautam Gupta, Engineering

Alloy

Gautam is a Software Engineer at Alloy. Why did you join Alloy? I joined Alloy because it has a good mix of challenging technical problems, a hard-working team, and a great culture. When I first started at Alloy in the beginning of 2018, I joined as an intern. What do you do at Alloy?

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After your product ships (Part 1): Data retailers share and why it’s important

Alloy

monitoring what happens to product after it leaves your warehouse is integral to maintaining an efficient supply chain and maximizing sales opportunities. Ideally, you want to collect and analyze this data at the store level to gain insight into geographic preferences and allocate inventory accordingly.

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4 Key Trends to Watch in Smart Manufacturing and Supply Chain

GlobalTranz

Industrial IoT and big data are converging to enable demand-driven 'smart supply chains.' The advancements in 3D printing and 'Additive Manufacturing,' coupled with supply chain efficiencies, could make distributed manufacturing a reality, ushering in the era of smart manufacturing.

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An Interview with Michael Hutzli, Engineering

Alloy

Michael Hutzli is an engineering team lead in Alloy’s Vancouver office. Before joining Alloy a bit over three years ago, he worked as a software engineer at Addepar in Mountain View and at AdNovum in Zurich, Switzerland. Why did you join Alloy? There were a few different factors that came together in my decision to join Alloy.

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Amazon Retail Analytics Basic vs. Premium: What’s the value?

Alloy

We’ve talked a lot about the importance of using data from your retailers, including point-of-sale , inventory, and forecasts , to grow market share and optimize inventory levels. The sales and inventory data is typically used to analyze downstream supply chain dynamics such as sales patterns, stock movement, and returns.