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When The Chickens Come Home To Roost

Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

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

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

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.

Supply Chain Design Software

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When The Chickens Come Home To Roost

Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

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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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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Seven best practices for data-driven order allocation

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. 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

JUNE 9, 2022

This process saves on domestic warehousing and reduces costs to vendors, which reduces costs to retailers. Since intermediaries are eliminated, so are many costs associated with complex supply chains. Products are stored in a domestic warehouse before being shipped on to the retailer’s DC. The Challenges of Direct Import.

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Look past the fines to improve OTIF performance

Alloy

APRIL 29, 2021

Our research with supply chain professionals at consumer goods companies found that 55% consider On Time and In Full (OTIF) orders, or so called “perfect orders,” one of their top three KPIs. That’s the highest percentage out of all metrics we asked about, including On Shelf Availability (37%) and forecast accuracy (34%).

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An Interview with Michael Hutzli, Engineering

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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After your product ships (Part 1): Data retailers share and why it’s important

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. But out of that weekly or daily data deluge, what are the crucial metrics? Subscribe to the Alloy blog to get automatically notified when it’s available!

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Get maximum value from your Target Partners Online retail data

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. In Retail Link you can easily query over 100 metrics and build reports by SKU, by day, by location, and so on. Walmart’s Retail Link portal is central to any brand with product on Walmart shelves.

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Inventory and forecast data from retailers: After your product ships (Part 2)

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

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Rise above your silos during business critical events

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

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Your Ultimate Guide to Walmart Luminate

Alloy

OCTOBER 3, 2023

And the range of new metrics — such as category level insights in Shopper Behavior — give you considerable visibility into your brand’s performance against competitors. With these pre-built integrations and hundreds of consumer-goods specific dashboards and metrics, you’ll be up and running with Walmart Luminate in days instead of months.

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Get More Out of Your Kroger 84.51 and Market6 Data

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. Days of Supply and Spoilage Food & beverage companies, and even some personal care and beauty brands, live in fear of excess inventory resulting in spoils.

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When The Chickens Come Home To Roost

When The Chickens Come Home To Roost

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When The Chickens Come Home To Roost

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Valvoline’s road to a more proactive supply chain – and stronger customer relationships

Seven best practices for data-driven order allocation

Better Direct Import Replenishment Planning for Consumer Goods Brands

Look past the fines to improve OTIF performance

An Interview with Michael Hutzli, Engineering

After your product ships (Part 1): Data retailers share and why it’s important

Get maximum value from your Target Partners Online retail data

Inventory and forecast data from retailers: After your product ships (Part 2)

Rise above your silos during business critical events

Your Ultimate Guide to Walmart Luminate

Get More Out of Your Kroger 84.51 and Market6 Data

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