Joel is the CEO & Co-Founder of  Alloy (www.alloy.ai). Alloy’s platform aggregates and analyzes information from all sources in the supply chain, providing insight and visibility into consumer demand. Discover more details here.Some of the highlights from the episode:How did Joel go from Academia to Supply Chain?Data is everywhere, it’s only a matter of how you are going to use it to your advantage.Alloy has up to this point 400 connectors to the partners that will continue to grow.How retail companies often look at the historical pattern of how much was being purchased and not taking into account that 20% to 25% of the locations were already out of stock.Balancing out of stock and overstock and the common categories of inefficiencies that they come across.How does Alloy work with E-commerce?” The ones that tend to be the biggest predictors of future performance is historical demand patterns. “” One of the things you have to do as a leader is to trust that the team will treat sensitive information responsibly. “Follow us on:Instagram: http://bit.ly/2Wba8v7Twitter: http://bit.ly/2WeulzXLinkedin: http://bit.ly/2w9YSQXFacebook: http://bit.ly/2HtryLd