Toy manufacturers can thank these holidays for driving upwards of 50% of their yearly sales

The length of time before a product can no longer be sold due to freshness

Many CE companies rely on a special planning cycle to nail this vitally important annual promotion

The two main DIY specialty retailers that Alloy integrates with

The two main health & beauty specialty retailers that Alloy integrates with

This Wisconsin-based company was Alloy's first paying customer for demand planning

The Alloy customer whose products have the shortest window before they spoil

This Alloy customer releases new generations of their main SKUs every year, creating a ticking time bomb to sell-through as much of the old version as possible before they have to sell it at a loss to clear the inventory

The reason why CGP accounts for seasonality by breaking their planning hierarchy out by region

Despite being more shelf-stable than most foods, health & beauty products will meet this costly fate if they aren't sold in time

When toy companies launch products to correspond with film releases, they run the risk of taking this type of loss on unsold inventory when demand disappears

Chocolate companies have a particularly hard time forecasting and planning for these three holidays because they create special holiday-specific SKUs

Kyle at Cricut used this workflow in Retail Link to drive upwards of $20M in additional POs to their top performing Walmart stores

Given their short lead times and regular replenishment, Valvoline's supply chain is very similar to this other consumer goods mega-vertical

As more people get vaccinated, demand for these products is expected to shoot up following over a year of depressed sales

An arrangement where a retailer places an order directly overseas manufacturing, paying all of the supply chain costs for a steep discount on the goods

Frozen food companies rely heavily on this distribution method because of their specialized cold chains

Two related reasons why TCL's Television business unit didn't want to buy Alloy

For certain categories and partners, CGP and Valvoline both employ this demand planning practice where their retailer trusts them to handle all replenishment and planning decisions (Not specific to DIY, however)

Before COVID, health & beauty companies regularly employed this practice to drive awareness and demand for their products in person

Name all of Alloy's toy and games customers

For domestically produced products, shorter lead times make it possible to adjust this type of upstream plan when responding to changes in demand

Companies like Whirlpool don't care much about store-level inventory because their products rely on this fulfillment method

Name all of Alloy's DIY / Home Goods / Automotive customers

Name all of Alloy's health & beauty customers