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

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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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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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Better Direct Import Replenishment Planning for Consumer Goods Brands

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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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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

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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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An Interview with Michael Hutzli, Engineering

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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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