Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Inventories in the chemical industry are at record lows: a forerunner of bad days ahead. While we will recover quickly in retail (moving from painful shortages to a glut of inventory), the chemical industry–sitting four and five layers back in the supply chain–takes longer to recover. Time For Action.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 16, 2022

Many pundits insist that anyone who believes the global supply chain is going to return to normal is suffering from this form of insanity. ”[1] Noted supply chain expert Lora Cecere ( @lcecere ), founder of Supply Chain Insights, put it another way. .”[1] … What can we learn? ”[2].

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Alloy

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Get full visibility with SAP and Alloy together Problems like stockouts and excess inventory continue to present a major challenge for every brand selling into retail. Today we’re excited to announce that our Alloy Intelligence application is now available on SAP® Store, the online marketplace for SAP and partner offerings.

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Alloy

MARCH 4, 2021

In North America, they operate two distinct supply chains for that: one to retailers (such as Walmart, O’ Reilly Auto Parts and AutoZone) and another to installers (including Valvoline Instant Oil Change centers and other oil-change shops). Before Alloy: Partial visibility hampered growth . Read below for some highlights.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 9, 2015

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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Alloy

DECEMBER 13, 2022

“This award is particularly meaningful because it’s based on feedback from our customers,” says Joel Beal, Co-Founder and CEO of Alloy, “We’re committed to helping consumer brands use data to quickly adjust to the supply chain problems and the volatile shifts in consumer demand that have become all too common today.

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Alloy

MAY 8, 2019

We invited all our users to provide their feedback on Alloy, and received 45 responses over two weeks. Feedback came from both new customers, who had just started using Alloy, as well as customers who have happily been on Alloy’s platform a year or more. In addition, we received responses from a variety of titles?

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RFgen

AUGUST 7, 2024

Advanced composites, such as carbon fiber-reinforced polymers, and high-strength alloys, like titanium and aluminum, are commonly used due to their lightweight properties and high tensile strength. Just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing practices are often employed to minimize inventory costs and reduce lead times.

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Alloy

DECEMBER 1, 2021

To say that the global supply chain isn’t going easy on consumer goods brands might be something of an understatement. In today’s supply-constrained environment, making sure your products are on the shelf when and where consumers want them is even more critical. . Glenn Lawse, VP of Supply Chain @ Ferrero USA.

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Alloy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

These challenges are some of the reasons Youth to the People turned to Alloy. They were expanding quickly, and manual or point solutions couldn’t keep up with their need for fast, accurate, up-to-date data on store/SKU performance, nor enable them to plan marketing efforts and manage inventory in response to that information.

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Alloy

AUGUST 10, 2021

How do you identify and quickly respond to out-of-stocks and phantom inventory? There are new tools and practices you can use to give your sales, supply chain and marketing teams actionable, real-time insights into consumer behavior on the shelf, so you can quickly align to actual consumer demand. But you’re not flying blind.

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Alloy

APRIL 4, 2019

Selected by the CGT community of consumer goods executives, Alloy was recognized as a top 10 vendor for both the Artificial Intelligence and Supply Chain Planning business functions. Alloy takes the latter approach, strategically using AI where it makes sense to enhance our solutions, such as demand forecasting.

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Alloy

MARCH 18, 2021

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. Division inventories and movements.

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Alloy

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

When orders exceed inventory available in your warehouses, you’re faced with tricky allocation decisions to maximize sales and keep customers happy. When demand spikes, it’s particularly important to send your inventory to locations with the greatest sales velocity. Prioritize orders that will mitigate the most lost sales.

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Alloy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Note: in this article, we’ll be referring to your forecasts as forecasts and your retailers’ forecasts as supply plans. With supply chain headaches and inflation driving down brand loyalty, it’s more important than ever to make sure your retailers are effectively allocating your inventory.

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Alloy

DECEMBER 13, 2022

“This award is particularly meaningful because it’s based on feedback from our customers,” says Joel Beal, Co-Founder and CEO of Alloy, “We’re committed to helping consumer brands use data to quickly adjust to the supply chain problems and the volatile shifts in consumer demand that have become all too common today.

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Alloy

JANUARY 29, 2021

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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Alloy

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

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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Alloy

MAY 16, 2022

The candy and snacks category is probably the most challenging category in the supply chain, perhaps second only to floral. Calculating a shipment recommendation (how much to ship to prevent out-of-stocks) requires an understanding of these variables: Current in-channel inventory. Inventory available to ship. Lead times.

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Alloy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

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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Alloy

DECEMBER 20, 2018

We welcomed members and guests to our San Francisco office in November to discuss “Implementing a Shared Supply Chain Control Tower.” For example, consider a manufacturer that’s looking to reduce working capital and decides to decrease its working inventory. beyond what any one party can achieve on their own.

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Alloy

JUNE 9, 2022

Brands don’t need to hold the inventory, may not need to arrange transportation and don’t need to forecast for that subset of products. Since intermediaries are eliminated, so are many costs associated with complex supply chains. To a brand, the direct import SKUs often present similarly to phantom inventory.

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Alloy

APRIL 10, 2023

In addition, we received responses from a variety of titles – CXOs to managers and individual contributors – and functional areas, with the largest groups in Sales, Sales Ops and Supply Chain. Alloy’s daily, store/SKU-level sales and inventory data, in an easy-to-use format, greatly expanded the possibilities for insights.

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Alloy

OCTOBER 2, 2019

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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Alloy

JUNE 18, 2019

Top 5 takeaways from the 2019 Gartner Supply Chain Conference A few weeks ago, many members of Alloy’s team were in Phoenix attending the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference and hosting attendees at our annual conference dinner. days of learning, networking, and getting the latest scoop on supply chain tech.

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Alloy

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Demand planning is a process just about every consumer goods company performs to keep their supply chain operation running smoothly. This necessary function can take on many forms, require numerous contributors from different departments, and be a key driver for the success of teams outside of the supply chain like sales and marketing.

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o9 Solutions

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

There is not a single day without the metals industry making the headlines: from targeted cyberattacks to price volatility to the semiconductor crisis impacting the automotive industry and consequently swinging supply and demand for metal manufacturers. The supply chain planning function is at the heart of these challenges.

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Alloy

JANUARY 21, 2019

Using inventory numbers as well as data collected from POS transactions, “Askuity aims to be the single source of data-driven insights for every store, every product, and every consumer,” per its website ? This data sharing improves collaboration, execution, and decision-making along the retail supply chain.

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Unleashed

MAY 26, 2021

Inventory stock reduction. AM can reduce inventory, eliminating the need to hold surplus inventory stock and associated carrying costs. With additive manufacturing, components are printed on demand, meaning there is no over-production, no unsold finished goods, and a reduction in inventory stock. Legacy parts.

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Alloy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

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.

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o9 Solutions

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The supply chain planning function is at the heart of these challenges. For example, planners and supply chain managers must ensure the continuity of operations while also optimizing profitability and sustainability. Typical business challenges supply chain leaders in the metal industry want to solve with digitization.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Check out The Digital Supply Chain (SC 4.0) The digital transformation of supply chain management, more specifically procurement and sourcing functions, is becoming a part of the new normal in business. Change management will be an increasing focus in the digitalization of the global supply chain.

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Alloy

JULY 30, 2019

Last month, Tile CEO and Alloy Board Member CJ Prober led an Alloy Executive Roundtable discussion on managing supply and demand in today’s retail landscape. As a result, GoPro built up inventory for the holiday season, but the sell-through was underwhelming and much of that product sat in warehouses into the end of Q4. “We

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Alloy

JANUARY 7, 2019

We’re thrilled to be starting off the year at Alloy on an exciting note by announcing the release of our new intelligent demand forecasting capability. Announcing Intelligent Demand Forecasting was originally published in Alloy on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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Alloy

AUGUST 20, 2019

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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Alloy

JULY 27, 2023

At Alloy, we have dozens of customers across every part of the consumer goods industry and of every company size selling into Walmart. You may be a sales or supply chain leader who makes decisions based on the data Walmart provides. Walmart’s Retail Link portal is central to any brand with product on Walmart shelves.

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Alloy

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

You can rally colleagues across sales, marketing, supply chain planning and finance around them, and more easily break down silos that normally get in the way. . Take advantage of all relevant data to help get inventory pre-loaded in the right amounts at the right places before events that drive most of your sales. .

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