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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Alloy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Headline: The supply chain tips that made Moose Toys Walmart’s Supplier of the Year. It’s no accident that Moose Toys was awarded Walmart Toy Supplier of the Year at the retailer’s annual supply chain conference earlier this year. The key is that there is a lot of flexibility within Walmart’s supply chain.

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Alloy

AUGUST 10, 2021

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. How native partnered with Alloy unlock Target retail data & grow sales (Consumer Goods Technology).

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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.

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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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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. You can also make it from an alloy of the metals mentioned above. Therefore, the type you use depends on the material used or alloy, the size of the entire sheet or roll, and the shape and size of the openings. It Can Be Made From An Alloy. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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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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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.

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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.

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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

APRIL 15, 2021

We talk a lot about supply chain and sales alignment , but Katlyn Davis brings one-of-a-kind real-world experience to the topic. She joined Valvoline as the Supply Chain Analyst on the Walmart account “only,” and gradually expanded to cover Amazon, Dollar General and a few other channels as well.

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Alloy

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

November 21, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Alloy, the modern demand platform for consumer goods brands, today announced Valvoline, a leading worldwide supplier of premium branded lubricants and automotive services, is implementing Alloy’s enterprise supply chain solution. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.,

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

This transformation has triggered a substantial price surge, with nickel prices tripling since 2016 , underscoring supply constraints amid the accelerating adoption of electric cars. Manganese is a brittle, silvery metal mainly used in alloys, such as steel. What is Cobalt? What is Manganese?

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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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FLEXE

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Alloy, Convoy, and FLEXE discuss supply chain innovations designed to help forward-looking businesses succeed.

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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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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

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

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. Alloy is hiring!

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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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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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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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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.

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Alloy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

The sales and inventory data is typically used to analyze downstream supply chain dynamics such as sales patterns, stock movement, and returns. Here we’ll focus on differences in sales and inventory data, and what you will need to get closer to measuring true demand and taking control of your supply chain.

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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. For consistently replenished items.

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Alloy

MAY 15, 2019

The Alloy team continues to grow quickly, and this month, we’re excited to highlight two of our newest employees?—?Tom Adrienne and Tom are great combinations of both, and Alloy has already started benefiting from their expertise. Tom Jones and Adrienne Alterman. He lives in Minneapolis, MN, where he was born and raised.

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Alloy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

These challenges are some of the reasons Youth to the People turned to Alloy. Using Alloy herself and as a tool for her team has enabled everyone to save a lot of time and use data to make strategic decisions about where they do spend their time. Of course, the discussion is never a surprise for the field sales reps.

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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. Stay updated on upcoming events near you by subscribing to the Alloy blog. You never, ever want to be in this position.” GoPro was a category leader?—?they

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Alloy

JUNE 22, 2020

Until now, digital supply chain technology has focused on two core needs: planning and execution. But supply chain leaders are increasingly dissatisfied with the results of the status quo. Companies can select from a diverse set of planning solutions to drive increasingly complex S&OP processes.

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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

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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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. Next, we’ll be sharing the remaining four crucial data points to get a complete picture of your supply chain and derive metrics like Future Lost Sales Dollars.

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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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Supply Chain Digest

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

As Technology for Printing with Metal Alloys Improves, GE Says 3D Printing Now Ready for Prime Time

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Alloy

JANUARY 10, 2019

Many of these are geared toward a specific audience, such as sales or supply chain. 24–27, LINK2019: RILA’s Retail Supply Chain Conference (Orlando, FL) Mar. 16–17, NextGen Supply Chain Conference (Chicago, IL) Apr. 10–12, eft 3PL & Supply Chain Summit (Atlanta, GA) Jun. RSVP > Feb.

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Alloy

AUGUST 23, 2022

The post 4 tips to tackle demand volatility in your supply chain appeared first on Alloy.ai.

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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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