Data Sheet
Alloy Data Platform details
The Alloy Data Platform was built for consumer goods companies, integrating and harmonizing supply chain and sales data into a single source of truth.
ViewThe connected data platform for consumer goods companies
The Alloy Data Platform was built for data from across the consumer goods supply chain. Break down silos that separate your data, systems and teams with a unified architecture that integrates, harmonizes and enriches data from your partners and internal systems.
Integration
Integrate, cleanse and enrich data from internal systems or partners in real time
Automatic, real-time collection of internal and partner data frees up your team and improves data quality
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Pre-built connectors use techniques like RPA to continuously ingest demand and supply data at the most granular levels
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Data format-agnostic, including: partner portals, EDI, spreadsheets, email forwarding, APIs and more
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Cleanse and verify the recency and accuracy of data ingested from other systems
Modeling
Harmonize disparate data across internal and partner systems to create a unified representation of your finished goods supply chain from manufacturing to your consumer
Sophisticated data modeling and AI create a unified representation of your end-to-end supply chain
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Translate SKU identifiers, units of measure and other attributes across distribution partners and your internal systems
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Map locations and location types, shipment lanes, DC inventory targets, lead times, and more by SKU
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Understand the past, present and future by flexibly analyzing your data at any time interval, modeling different fiscal calendars, granularities, forecast versions and more
Prediction
Once your data is collected and harmonized, Alloy’s predictive analytics and forecasting engines create forward-looking views of your supply chain so you can anticipate stockouts and predict demand
Machine learning algorithms keep you ahead of supply-demand imbalances
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Predict outages or overstocks with forward-looking metrics like Future Weeks of Supply for every item-location combination in your network
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Forecast unit sales with a selection of nine different out-of-the-box models
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Simulate the costs of inventory risks with metrics like Lost Sales $ or Spoils $
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Identify instances of phantom inventory within your retail network
A connected platform for sales, marketing, supply chain and planning
Disconnected data, systems and teams make it impossible to adapt quickly to change and breed inefficiency. The Alloy Data Platform enables coordinated, data-driven operations across your organization.
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Demand Intelligence
Identify sales opportunities and inventory risks in your retail and e-commerce network with point-of-sale and inventory analytics. Learn more
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Demand Planning
Sense and adjust to demand shifts as they happen using harmonized retail data and built-in forecasting models. Learn more
Why Alloy
Make data-driven decisions based on real-time consumer demand
Consumer demand is constantly shifting. Alloy helps users across your business analyze and find insights in point-of-sale, forecast, inventory, order and shipment data across all of your retailers — with just a couple of clicks.
Break down the silos separating your teams
Alloy is a single source of truth for supply and demand. By harmonizing retail data with your internal systems, Alloy provides complete visibility from manufacturing to the consumer to support planning and execution decisions.
Take control of your retail partnerships
Your retailers won’t always make the best decisions for your business. Empower your customer-facing teams to proactively identify risks and opportunities at the shelf, using retail insights to influence your partners’ actions and build trust over time.
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