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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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Time to Rethink Sourcing Rare Earth Elements

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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. With the onset of the COVID19 pandemic, and the resulting supply chain fallout , many have speculated on how the U.S. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Get More Out of Your Kroger 84.51 and Market6 Data

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The purchase of Market6 was an effort by 84.51° to fill this gap, and in some ways it did. 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. There are large meals to prepare, stockings to stuff, and presents to buy.

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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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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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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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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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