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

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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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

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

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

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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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

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 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

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

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Get More Out of Your Kroger 84.51° and Market6 Data How Automation and Advanced Metrics You Won’t Get in 84.51° can help you grow your sales at Kroger and avoid inventory headaches. As such, optimally managing your sales and inventory at Kroger is essential to grow your brand and solidify its foothold with the end consumer.

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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 5, 2019

Across consumer goods brands, teams use forecasts to more intelligently allocate resources, optimize inventory, and maximize revenue. Additional important inputs for a value-add forecast are channel inventory and shipment units; these data points give you a full picture of where your product currently is.

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Alloy

JUNE 13, 2023

Menu Product Solutions Partners Resources Get Started Login Product Alloy.ai Overview Alloy.ai Menu Product Solutions Partners Resources Get Started Login Product Alloy.ai Overview Alloy.ai

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Alloy

JANUARY 6, 2021

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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Alloy

AUGUST 6, 2019

Inventory and Out-of-Stock Levels With any major marketing event or promotion, it’s critical to closely track the inventory on hand at the retailer to ensure you do not lose sales from out-of-stocks. If there was a significant deviation from forecast, you need to immediately think about the impacts on inventory.

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Alloy

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Today marks a very important step forward toward Alloy’s vision as we announce the release of our Connected Planning & Execution platform. We started Alloy six years ago to help consumer goods brands more quickly and efficiently respond to ever-changing consumer demand. At the time, supply chains were often afterthoughts.

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Alloy

JULY 28, 2023

Consumer Goods Index – May 2023 Edition Deltas in sales over time and inventory totals are critical leading indicators for the health of the consumer goods industry. Retailers and consumers alike are impacted by deviations and volatility in the consumer goods supply chain. Table of contents Alloy.ai since April 2021.

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Alloy

JULY 28, 2023

Consumer Goods Index – May 2023 Edition Deltas in sales over time and inventory totals are critical leading indicators for the health of the consumer goods industry. Retailers and consumers alike are impacted by deviations and volatility in the consumer goods supply chain. Table of contents Alloy.ai since April 2021.

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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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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 27, 2018

Consumer goods companies rely on forecasts to support inventory planning and distribution across their sales channels. Low inventory situations might occur only in certain regions, during certain times of the year, or even across specific product categories. This post originally appeared on insideBIGDATA.

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Alloy

MARCH 21, 2019

By definition, retail analytics refers to the process by which analytical data is provided, and analyzed, on various aspects of the retail supply chain process. The relevant data typically includes sell-through, returns, inventory levels, product movements, and more?—?all and “what should we do in response?”

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Alloy

JANUARY 2, 2019

Alloy has observed companies at both ends of the spectrum trying to emulate aspects of each other. As an example, we work with a large confectionary company whose demand planning and supply chain teams were focused purely on never missing a shipment. This post originally appeared on Consumer Goods Technology.

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Alloy

APRIL 17, 2019

Tapping into more real-time data enables teams to more quickly respond to current conditions, allocating inventory to avoid out-of-stocks and growing sales in the process. It also enables companies to better anticipate orders, leading to improved and more consistent customer service.

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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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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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Alloy

APRIL 10, 2019

Those who don’t take that insight into account are doomed to repeat the mistake and under-supply demand as the forecast is translated into shipment and production plans. It asks the question: “What would sales have been if there had been enough inventory on shelf to fully service demand?”

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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

MARCH 10, 2021

If you’re a supply chain geek, you probably already follow Supply Chain Now , the go-to podcast for all things supply chain. (In In fact, you may have caught Alloy on a previous episode.). Hosts (and supply chain experts in their own right) Greg White and Scott W.

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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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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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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

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

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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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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