Talking better product launch and allocation decisions with Ferrero USA
The global confectioner mitigates waste, improves service levels and controls costs by connecting digital supply chain visibility with POS analytics.
Keep readingToday marks a very important step forward toward Alloy’s vision as we announce the release of our Connected Planning & Execution platform. We started Alloy six years ago to help consumer goods brands more quickly and efficiently respond to ever-changing consumer demand. At the time, supply chains were often afterthoughts. A lot has changed.
The complexity and challenges of aligning supply and demand are now everyday news. Consumer behavior–already shifting due to eCommerce — faced a major COVID shock, and logistics and manufacturing have been struggling to catch up ever since. Most of our supply chain infrastructure — both physical and digital — was built for a “steady state” world where relatively little changes week to week, or even year-to-year.
But new challenges bring new opportunities. That’s why here at Alloy we’ve built the first Connected Planning and Execution platform for consumer brands. To put it simply, Alloy connects data from all of your retailers, ecommerce, distributors, 3PLs and ERP on a single intuitive platform — for better and faster supply chain and planning decisions.
It’s our belief that combining planning and analysis-driven execution on a single platform makes both far more powerful. It allows you to plan faster and more accurately, and to react more quickly to changes at the shelf or the supplier.
Of course, all this is easy to say and hard to do. From our earliest days, the bulk of our focus at Alloy has been developing a data platform, purpose-built for consumer goods brands. The data platform connects your sell-through data from retail and ecommerce with your internal inventory and supply chain data from your ERP — then continuously pulls and harmonizes the data in real-time.
On top of this platform sits our Planning and Intelligence products. Alloy Planning relies on POS-driven forecasts to help brands plan their demand and inventory levels. And Alloy Intelligence identifies sales opportunities and inventory risks across your distribution network.
We are fortunate to be trusted by amazing brands including Ferrero, Valvoline, Bosch and Melissa & Doug. We’ve helped our customers see 5% bottom line impacts, reduce out-of-stocks during product launches, and be able to initiate millions of dollars in incremental orders.
Ready to learn more? Schedule a demo and see for yourself today.
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