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When The Chickens Come Home To Roost

Supply Chain Shaman

Ships continue to hold in the west coast harbors of LA and Long Beach, and the west coast warehouses are full. 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.

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When The Chickens Come Home To Roost

Supply Chain Shaman

Ships continue to hold in the west coast harbors of LA and Long Beach, and the west coast warehouses are full. 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.

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When The Chickens Come Home To Roost

Supply Chain Shaman

Ships continue to hold in the west coast harbors of LA and Long Beach, and the west coast warehouses are full. 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.

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Seven best practices for data-driven order allocation

Alloy

When orders exceed inventory available in your warehouses, you’re faced with tricky allocation decisions to maximize sales and keep customers happy. This simulated metric projects what demand, and thus sales, would be if you were in-stock during a given period. Prioritize orders that will mitigate the most lost sales.

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Better Direct Import Replenishment Planning for Consumer Goods Brands

Alloy

This process saves on domestic warehousing and reduces costs to vendors, which reduces costs to retailers. 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.

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Rise above your silos during business critical events

Alloy

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. . To avoid dropping the ball at the worst times, your sales and supply chain teams need to be in lock-step with your partners.