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

Alloy

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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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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Design for a Green Supply Chain

Kinaxis

by Jonathan Lofton Design for the Supply Chain Pt. I was waylaid, but let’s get right into the next principle in the “10 Principles of Good Design” as applied to green supply chain and green supply chain management ( Design for the Supply Chain ). 10: Environmentally Friendly. & Rakim.

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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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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. Weeks of Supply. For a more detailed explanation, check out Part 1 here.

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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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