Thriving amid supply chain Issues: 4 strategies for toy manufacturers
Alloy
JULY 8, 2022
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4 Key Trends to Watch in Smart Manufacturing and Supply Chain
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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How Oshkosh is Building Durability and Transparency into a Stronger Supply Chain
Exiger Perspectives
JANUARY 18, 2023
In general, communications and data organization were highly unstructured ; there was no way for their supply partners to interact with the data in a live, responsive way. Attributes for over 40,000 detail parts and assemblies were normalized and loaded into SDX , a proprietary multi-tier supply chain platform.
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GM Supplier Factory Explosion: Thoughts on Supply Chain Visibility and Responsibility
Talking Logistics
AUGUST 6, 2014
Zhongron supplies aluminum alloy wheel hubs to another company, Citic Dicastal Wheel Manufacturing Co., This is by no means an easy task, especially for companies like GM with complex, global supply chains. Companies are also making similar efforts to eliminate slave labor from their supply chains.
Supply Chain Ripple Effects of Russia’s War in Ukraine
Alloy
MARCH 29, 2022
The secondary impacts of the war are beginning to be felt more globally in supply chains, stock markets and other international operations. Supply chain professionals have a unique opportunity to get ahead of these ripple effects and take action now to help the global community cope with the fallout from the invasion.
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An interview with Gautam Gupta, Engineering
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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Commodities Used in Electric Car Batteries: An Update on Lithium and Nickel
Resilinc
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
In India, the national Production Linked Incentive (PLI) is set to encourage domestic EV manufacturing—and this is just a glimpse of the latest policies worldwide. High-temperature alloys, created primarily using cobalt, are essential for advanced technologies like semiconductor fabrication, electric vehicle batteries, and aerospace products.
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Design for a Green Supply Chain
Kinaxis
AUGUST 19, 2016
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.
Linking the Supply Chain and Reverse Chain!
Supply Chain Game Changer
OCTOBER 22, 2020
Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Reverse chain article and permission to publish here provided by Glen Munholland at circularsupplychains.com. Through advances in what became material science – and even more energy use – we accelerated the mining of metals, the development of alloys, and eventually plastics.
China COVID crisis: Groundhog Day for SC managers
Resilinc
JANUARY 9, 2023
After managing a seemingly endless series of crises arising from the pandemic, supply chain managers face a fresh cycle of chaos from a COVID surge in the world’s largest manufacturing economy. While the humanitarian dimensions of this crisis are staggering, supply chains and the companies that rely upon them are also reeling.
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New survey highlights practices that limit supply chain firefighting
Alloy
OCTOBER 15, 2020
Where do you stand in relation to your competitors’ supply chains? How do the best-performing supply chains function…and what can you learn from them? In summer 2020, we surveyed 500 North American supply chain professionals at consumer goods manufacturers to help answer these questions.
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Top 5 Takeaways from the 2019 Gartner Supply Chain Conference
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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Different Types of Forging Techniques!
Supply Chain Game Changer
MAY 20, 2021
Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Some of the most common materials used for forging include alloy steel, carbon steel, stainless steel, micro-alloy steel, titanium, and aluminum. appeared first on Supply Chain Game Changer™. Subscribe Here! Email Address. How to Compare Metal Fabricators!
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Alloy is hiring!
Alloy
JULY 23, 2019
Amanda spent her early career in various roles at McMaster-Carr, including Sales, Customer Service, and Warehouse Operations, giving her a unique appreciation of how Alloy empowers consumer goods manufacturers to grow sales and optimize their supply chain. Engineers at Alloy contribute across the stack.
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IDC Report: Industry Trends and Why a Demand-Driven Organization is Critical
Alloy
JANUARY 24, 2019
IDC Study: Industry Trends and Why a Demand-Driven Organization is Critical Alloy recently commissioned IDC for a Market Spotlight on the future direction of consumer goods companies, which you can read here. Thus, the supply chain becomes a “critical competitive weapon,” according to the report.
Tile’s CEO on navigating the pain points of modern supply and demand
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. We were honored to have him join us and share his perspective on modern obstacles and innovative solutions for manufacturers. GoPro was a category leader?—?they
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Time to Rethink Sourcing Rare Earth Elements
Supply Chain Game Changer
JUNE 17, 2020
Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. With the onset of the COVID19 pandemic, and the resulting supply chain fallout , many have speculated on how the U.S. This acute shortage and dependence has raised alarms and questions about remediation supply chain strategies for materials and finished products.
Sizing up RSi and Alloy with a company insider
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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Announcing Connected Planning and Execution from Alloy
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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7 Steps to Product Procurement Pricing that Suppliers Can Support
MIT Supply Chain
JUNE 13, 2013
Mealer and Sung Hwan Park in collaboration with a sponsor company for their MIT Supply Chain Management Program master’s thesis A Simplified and Scalable Should-Cost Tool in the Oilfield Services Industry. The end item is separated into sub parts since a different raw material (RM) and manufacturing process might be used for each one.
Transforming Global Supply Chains
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].
Retail analytics trends in 2019 and beyond
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. That means preparing analyses like forward-looking demand forecasts and weeks of supply calculations to complement backward-looking KPIs.
16 Best Manufacturing Processes & Methods
Unleashed
JULY 27, 2023
How you assemble your products decides how efficiently your manufacturing business operates. The solution to high costs and inefficient production is to implement the best manufacturing processes for your requirements. In this list of manufacturing processes What are manufacturing processes?
Valvoline’s road to a more proactive supply chain – and stronger customer relationships
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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When crisis hits: Use real-time visibility to continuously optimize supply
Alloy
MARCH 13, 2020
When you consider how connected and vast our global supply chains are, relatively small, unpredicted events can have significantly exaggerated impacts on activities downstream. Severe interruptions in manufacturing and logistics are coupled with travel disruptions and wildly divergent consumer behaviors.
Demand Forecasting Mistakes in the Retail Industry
Alloy
DECEMBER 27, 2018
Similarly, manufacturers of large appliances may also view carrying too much inventory as more detrimental than out-of-stocks, because the excess products take up a lot of expensive storage and shelf space. This post originally appeared on insideBIGDATA.
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Top 5 Aerospace Supply Chain Disruptions of 2023
Resilinc
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
Despite this growth, Resilinc’s half-year data for 2023 shows that Aerospace is one of the top five industries impacted by supply chain disruptions. This isn’t surprising, considering factory fires have been the leading supply chain disruptions across all industries tracked by Resilinc for five consecutive years !
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12 Benefits of Additive Manufacturing and 5 Disadvantages
Unleashed
MAY 26, 2021
Ambitious manufacturing businesses that want to boost their R&D could turn to additive manufacturing. In this article, we’ll explore the different types of additive manufacturing, the benefits and weaknesses, as well as some industries that could benefit from additive manufacturing. Sheet lamination.
When The Chickens Come Home To Roost
Supply Chain Shaman
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
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. The value chain supporting all industries is sick, requiring a leadership step-change. Time For Action. ” [link].
Staying Ahead of Holiday Allocation Issues as a Candy and Snacks Brand
Alloy
MAY 16, 2022
The candy and snacks category is probably the most challenging category in the supply chain, perhaps second only to floral. Marketing, sales and merchandising will need to coordinate with manufacturers as well as the retailer in question and account teams and planners will need to formulate a plan to meet demand.
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When The Chickens Come Home To Roost
Supply Chain Shaman
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
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. The value chain supporting all industries is sick, requiring a leadership step-change. Time For Action. ” [link].
When The Chickens Come Home To Roost
Supply Chain Shaman
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
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. The value chain supporting all industries is sick, requiring a leadership step-change. Time For Action. ” [link].
An interview with Chia-Lun Wu, Engineering
Alloy
APRIL 30, 2021
Chia-Lun Wu is a software engineer in Alloy’s Berlin office. Before joining Alloy, he worked as a software engineer at Forto in Berlin and Vyond in Taipei, Taiwan. Why did you join Alloy? Not only was the message very well customised, but also what Alloy is building looked very interesting and challenging to me. .
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An interview with Chia-Lun Wun, Engineering
Alloy
APRIL 30, 2021
Chia-Lun Wu is a software engineer in Alloy’s Berlin office. Before joining Alloy, he worked as a software engineer at Forto in Berlin and Vyond in Taipei, Taiwan. Why did you join Alloy? Not only was the message very well customised, but also what Alloy is building looked very interesting and challenging to me. .
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The 4 Keys to Melissa & Doug’s Success
Alloy
MARCH 16, 2022
We sat down with Melissa & Doug’s Chief Commercial Officer, Dave Henderson, for a recent webinar unpacking the brand’s commercial success and journey to becoming a top 15 global toy manufacturer, sold in over 100 countries. #1 Now, we don’t have every account up on Alloy right now. We created one dashboard with Alloy.
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Shared Supply Chain Control Towers: Key Features and Considerations
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.” A control tower that is shared across trading partners, including manufacturers, suppliers, and retailers, can unlock even more value. beyond what any one party can achieve on their own. —?beyond
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A Digital Transformation Discussion with Supply Chain Execs
Alloy
FEBRUARY 5, 2019
Alloy recently had the pleasure of joining the Slalom Digital Innovation in Supply Chain Summit , January 23–24 in Seattle. However, almost all leaders believe the benefits are worth it, especially for supply chain. It’s also one of the hardest parts of a transformation.
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A reflection on supply chain digitization trends in the metal industry
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.
The “secret ingredient” missing from many consumer goods companies’ demand plans
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.
What are the Best Building Materials?
Supply Chain Game Changer
NOVEMBER 14, 2022
Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Steel is a composite material created from iron and carbon alloys. Simply look for steel building manufacturing companies in your region and compare quotations to consider the ones with the best prices. appeared first on Supply Chain Game Changer™. Subscribe Here!
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Scientists Use Artificial Intelligence to Discover New Materials
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 17, 2018
Metallic glass is essentially an alloy of the future. Alloys tend to behave and look like metals and their atomic structure consists of rigid geometric patterns. Normally, a few metals can be mixed together so that the ideal properties of each metal are ‘added’ together to make a ‘super-metal.’
A Reflection on Supply Chain Digitization Trends in the Metal Industry
o9 Solutions
DECEMBER 17, 2021
There is not a single day without the metals industry making the headlines: from the Guinea coup to price volatility, to the semiconductor crisis impacting the automotive industry and consequently reducing the demand for metal manufacturers. The supply chain planning function is at the heart of these challenges.
Better Direct Import Replenishment Planning for Consumer Goods Brands
Alloy
JUNE 9, 2022
It involves a retailer receiving products directly from the manufacturer or supplier in another country. These orders generally arrive by the container and are transported directly from the manufacturer to the retailer’s distribution center. Since intermediaries are eliminated, so are many costs associated with complex supply chains.
Beyond the Askuity acquisition to the future of retail analytics
Alloy
FEBRUARY 26, 2019
but it is also a significant opportunity to evaluate newer vendors, like Alloy, who can do a better job of meeting your holistic needs. Here are some of the advantages Alloy has over other retail analytics providers that make it the right partner moving forward. Alloy is more flexible.
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