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Sizing up RSi and Alloy with a company insider

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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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Staying Ahead of Holiday Allocation Issues as a Candy and Snacks Brand

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The candy and snacks category is probably the most challenging category in the supply chain, perhaps second only to floral. And if it is fulfilled, it might not arrive in time, resulting in costly buy-backs once the holiday has passed. Shipment recommendations to get ahead of allocation issues.

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The supply chain tips that made Moose Toys a “Walmart Supplier of the Year”

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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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A Digital Transformation Discussion with Supply Chain Execs

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Alloy recently had the pleasure of joining the Slalom Digital Innovation in Supply Chain Summit , January 23–24 in Seattle. Poor change management is a key reason why teams ultimately stick with tools that they already know and trust, like Excel. How do you handle change management?

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Parsing McLane’s inventory and order data for suppliers

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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. Purchase Orders.

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What are the Best Building Materials?

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Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Steel is a composite material created from iron and carbon alloys. Even though it seems like chopping down trees to construct a building is terrible for the environment, wood can be a sustainable material if purchased from a company devoted to sustainable forestry. Subscribe Here!

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Your Ultimate Guide to Walmart Luminate

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Channel Performance in Walmart Luminate gives you a true omni-channel view of sales, whether the purchase is in-store, delivered, shipped to store, picked up, or shipped directly to the customer. Alternatively, if you are currently analyzing your Retail Link data by pulling it manually and then analyzing in Excel or a BI tool, Alloy.ai