Alloy.ai and CloudPaths Partner to Transform Supply Chain Planning for Consumer Products Businesses

By integrating retailer and ecommerce sales and inventory data into SAP IBP, Alloy.ai and CloudPaths help consumer brands improve forecast accuracy and planning through real-time demand sensing.

Newark, CA — February 4, 2025 — Alloy.ai, a leading data integration and retail analytics solution for consumer brands, has joined forces with CloudPaths, an expert partner of SAP, offering complete digital supply chain planning, guidance, and implementation. This partnership enables consumer products businesses to transform their supply chain and planning by combining CloudPaths’ advanced SAP expertise and tools with Alloy.ai’s real-time data integration platform. 

This solution will allow consumer goods supply chain and demand planning teams to forecast and deploy inventory with real-time visibility into sales and inventory levels across all of their retail partners. With Alloy.ai, businesses can tap into real-time data from third parties — such as retailers, e-commerce platforms, supply chain partners, and distributors — for accurate demand sensing to improve demand planning accuracy.

"We are excited to partner with CloudPaths to help consumer products businesses tap into real-time data from third parties to sense demand and improve demand planning accuracy," said Joel Beal, CEO and Co-founder of Alloy.ai. "Our platform’s integration of real-time data provides essential visibility into market dynamics, which, combined with CloudPaths’ deep expertise supporting SAP planning customers, equips businesses to adapt to shifting demands."

This partnership provides:

• Better demand sensing: Access real-time data from diverse third party sources to capture market trends and consumer behavior.

• More accurate demand planning: Refine forecasts with up-to-date, harmonized data inputs.

• Efficient decision-making: Simplify workflows and achieve faster results.

"CloudPaths collaboration with Alloy.ai reflects our commitment to delivering practical and effective solutions for supply chain planning customers," said Tushar Bhalla, CTO of CloudPaths. "By pairing our expertise in SAP IBP with Alloy.ai’s real-time data capabilities, we are helping consumer brand businesses stay flexible and competitive in the ever-changing market demands.”

Together, Alloy.ai and CloudPaths are making it easier for businesses to adapt to market changes, improve supply chain operations, and meet customer demand with greater precision.

About Alloy.ai
Alloy.ai is purpose-built to help consumer goods brands sell more products, save time and solve complex supply chain challenges. Alloy.ai ingests point-of-sale data from 100s of retailers, ecommerce partners, distributors, and a brand’s own ERP, then lets them integrate normalized, real-time data into data warehouses, analytics, planning solutions and more. With these insights brands can sense problems, predict opportunities, and respond instantly. Alloy.ai is trusted by companies ranging from the Fortune 500 to digital natives, including Crayola, Bic, Valvoline, RTIC, Bosch and Melissa & Doug. Customers routinely achieve a 35%+ reduction in out-of-stock, a 5%+ bottom line impact and millions of dollars in incremental orders with their retail partners.

About CloudPaths
CloudPaths provides cloud applications expertise and services to transform and optimize enterprises. Headquartered in Newark, CA, with regional offices across the globe, CloudPaths has rapidly become the SaaS partner of choice for fast growing enterprises. For more details, please visit www.cloudpaths.com.

For more information, please contact
Franklin Morris
VP, Marketing at Alloy.ai
franklin@alloy.ai

Jimmé Peters
jimme@cloudpaths.com

CloudPaths teams up with JWMI to offer employer-funded MBA program for global workforce

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CloudPaths Announces New Executive Structure for Future Growth and Continued Expansion of Talent

NEWARK, CA – JANUARY 1, 2025-- CloudPaths, a digital transformation leader offering design and delivery expertise in optimizing SaaS applications for enterprises, announced today the realignment of its executive team. “As CloudPaths continues to grow its team and expand  our technology offerings, we wanted to streamline of our flat executive structure to best serve our customers,, employees and partners,” said Subramaniam Koduvayur (KVS), newly appointed CEO and founder of CloudPaths.

The revised leadership structure is as follows:

• Subramaniam Koduvayur (KVS) - CEO

• Jayashanker Paramasivam, COO

• Tushar Bhalla, CTO

CloudPaths delivers solutions as preferred technology partners with NetSuite, Kinaxis, Microsoft, SAP, Salesforce and many other custom designed SaaS applications. Our agile processes and highly responsive teams allow us to focus on the unique challenges of our customers, building frictionless capabilities, aimed at transforming their operations and delivering a superior customer experience while positively impacting the bottom line and their competitiveness. 

“We are grateful for Sameer Ranabhor‘s contributions over the last couple of years and wish him well in his upcoming endeavors,” said Jayashanker Paramasivam, COO and founder of CloudPaths.

CloudPaths has been recognized as #533 on the Inc5000, #14 on The San Francisco Business Times Fastest Growing Private Companies in the Bay Area, Great Places to Work winner and several other accolades in 2024.

About CloudPaths

CloudPaths provides cloud applications expertise and services to transform and optimize enterprises. Headquartered in Newark, CA, with regional offices across the globe, CloudPaths has rapidly become the SaaS partner of choice for fast growing enterprises. For more details, please visit www.cloudpaths.com.

Contact          
Jimmé Peters
503.816.0500
jimme@cloudpaths.com

CloudPaths Partners with JWMI to Offer MBA Program for Employees

NEWARK, CA – DECEMBER 23, 2024 – CloudPaths, a digital transformation leader offering design and delivery expertise in optimizing SaaS applications for enterprises, is proud to announce it has launched a new partnership with the Jack Welch Management Institute (JWMI) at Strayer University. The partnership was created to provide selected employees access to its employer-paid tuition benefit by enrolling in JWMI’s Master of Business Administration (MBA) program. All qualifying CloudPaths global employees were encouraged to apply for the professional opportunity. 

 “At CloudPaths, we believe the best investment is in our own people. We're proud to partner with the Jack Welch Management Institute (JWMI) at Strayer University to offer our teammates access to this transformative MBA program. This partnership reflects our commitment to training and professional learning,” said Koduvayur Subramaniam (KVS) and Jay Paramasivam, founders of CloudPaths. “By providing advanced education opportunities, we not only foster our employees' growth but also enhance our ability to deliver exceptional value to our customers. We look forward to seeing our team members grow, innovate, and excel through this collaboration.”

CloudPaths is committed to supporting the professional development of each of its employees through application specific training, technology certifications, higher education programs such as JWMI, volunteerism and ongoing personal growth. The JWMI partnership will work to strengthen that commitment to CloudPaths employees.

 "At JWMI, we're committed to delivering career-focused courses that equip students with the tools to build the confidence and skills they need to pursue their career goals," said Mary Carr, Senior Vice Provost and Dean of JWMI. "We look forward to continuing to partner with CloudPaths to empower their employees with practical knowledge and proven strategies to thrive in their professional lives."

 As a top-10 ranked online MBA program designed to empower students to achieve their professional potential through insights from renowned business leaders, JWMI has partnered with hundreds of companies to offer employees discounted MBA programs. With a faculty composed of passionate executives from leading companies, JWMI delivers real-world expertise that engages, challenges, and inspires students, enabling them to make an impact in their careers. To learn more about JWMI’s MBA offerings, please visit https://jackwelch.strayer.edu/.

ABOUT CLOUDPATHS

CloudPaths provides cloud applications expertise and services to transform and optimize enterprises. Headquartered in Newark, CA, with regional offices across the globe, CloudPaths has rapidly become the SaaS partner of choice for fast growing enterprises. Please visit us at www.cloudpaths.com.

CONTACT

Jimmé Peters
jimme@cloudpaths.com
(503) 816-0500

Fortune Media and Great Place to Work Name CloudPaths to 2024 Best Workplaces in Technology List, Ranking #51

Fortune Media and Great Place to Work Name CloudPaths to 2024 Best Workplaces in Technology List, Ranking #51

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024— NEWARK, CA — Great Place To Work® and Fortune magazine have selected CloudPaths for the 2024 Fortune Best Workplaces in Technology™ List. This is CloudPaths first time being named to this prestigious list, this year coming in at #51 in the small business category. Earning a spot means that CloudPaths is one of the best companies to work for in the country.

The Best Workplaces in Technology award is based on analysis of survey responses over 149,000 current employees from Great Place To Work Certified™ companies in the tech industry.

“As CloudPaths continues its upward trajectory, we are reminded that technology—and the innovators driving it—are at the core of our success,” said Tushar Bhalla, Chief Technology Officer at CloudPaths. “Being recognized by Fortune and Great Place to Work is a powerful validation of our commitment to technological excellence. At CloudPaths, we harness the latest advancements in supply chain, AI, cloud computing, and data analytics to create solutions that not only address our customers’ immediate challenges but also future-proof their businesses. This recognition reinforces our belief that advancing technology and empowering talent drives innovation and amplifies customer success."

The Best Workplaces in Technology list is highly competitive. Great Place To Work, the global authority on workplace culture, determines its lists using its proprietary For All™ Methodology to evaluate and certify thousands of organizations in America’s largest ongoing annual workforce study, based on over 1.3 million survey responses and data from companies representing more than 8.2 million employees this year alone.

Survey responses reflect a comprehensive picture of the workplace experience. Honorees were selected based on their ability to offer positive outcomes for employees regardless of job role, race, gender, sexual orientation, work status, or other demographic identifier.

“Congratulations to the Best Workplaces in Technology,” says Michael C. Bush, CEO of Great Place To Work. “These companies not only outperform the average for their industry but have created workplaces that outshine the average in every category, proving the importance of building trust with workers, no matter the industry.”

Additionally, CloudPaths was listed in the GPTW list for 2023.

About CloudPaths

CloudPaths provides cloud applications expertise and services to transform and optimize enterprises. Headquartered in Newark, CA, with regional offices across the globe, CloudPaths has rapidly become the SaaS partner of choice for fast growing enterprises. For more details, please visit www.cloudpaths.com.

About the Fortune Best Workplaces in Technology List

Great Place To Work selected the Best Workplaces in Technology by analyzing confidential survey responses from more than 1.3 million employees in the U.S., representing the experiences of over 8.2 million employees in 2023 and 2024. Of those responses, over 149,000 came from employees at Great Place To Work Certified companies in the technology industry, and this ranking is based on that feedback. Company rankings are derived from 60 employee experience questions within the Great Place To Work Trust Index™ Survey. Companies with 10 to 999 employees competed in the small and medium category. Companies with 1,000 or more employees were considered for the large category. Read the full methodology.

About Great Place To Work

As the global authority on workplace culture, Great Place To Work brings 30 years of groundbreaking research and data to help every place become a great place to work for all. Its proprietary platform and Great Place To Work Model help companies evaluate the experience of every employee, with exemplary workplaces becoming Great Place To Work Certified and receiving recognition on a coveted Best Workplaces™ List.

Follow Great Place To Work on LinkedIn, X, and Instagram or visit greatplacetowork.com and sign up for the newsletter to learn more.

About Fortune

Fortune upholds a legacy of award-winning writing and trusted reporting for executives who want to make business better. Independently owned, with a global perspective and digital agility, Fortune tells the stories of a new generation of innovators, builders, and risk takers. Online and in print, Fortune measures corporate performance through rigorous benchmarks and holds companies accountable. Fortune creates communities by convening true thought leaders and iconoclasts — those who shape industry, commerce, and society – through powerful and prestigious lists, events, and conferences, such as the iconic Fortune 500, the CEO Initiative, and Most Powerful Women. For more information, visit fortune.com.

Contact

Jimmé Peters

503.816.0500

jimme@cloudpaths.com

For the Second Time, CloudPaths Makes the Inc. 5000, at No. 533 in 2024, With Three-Year Revenue Growth of 836 Percent

For the Second Time, CloudPaths Makes the Inc. 5000, at No. 533 in 2024, With Three-Year Revenue Growth of 994 Percent

NEW YORK, August 13, 2024 – Inc. revealed today that CloudPaths ranks No. 533 on the 2024 Inc. 5000, its annual list of the fastest-growing private companies in America. The prestigious ranking provides a data-driven look at the most successful companies within the economy’s most dynamic segment—its independent, entrepreneurial businesses. Microsoft, Meta, Chobani, Under Armour, Timberland, Oracle, Patagonia, and many other household- name brands gained their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc. 5000.

“When we started CloudPaths in 2017, we had a vision and dream to serve our customers well,” said Jay Paramasivam, Chief Revenue Officer and KV Subramaniam, Chief Operating Officer of CloudPaths. “The recognition for a second year and being named #533 on the 2024 Inc 5000 list is a true honor.”

The Inc. 5000 class of 2024 represents companies that have driven rapid revenue growth while navigating inflationary pressure, the rising costs of capital, and seemingly intractable hiring challenges. Among this year’s top 500 companies, the average median three-year revenue growth rate is 1,637 percent. In all, this year’s Inc. 5000 companies have added 874,458 jobs to the economy over the past three years.

“Expert implementation of technology solutions that streamline businesses is what our team at CloudPaths strives for in our customer engagements,” said Tushar Bhalla, Chief Technology Officer of CloudPaths. “Cloud based SaaS solutions that are well implemented are the game changers and CloudPaths delivers these every day for our customers.”

For complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, location, and other criteria, go to www.inc.com/inc5000. All 5000 companies are featured on Inc.com starting Tuesday, August 13, and the top 500 appear in the new issue of Inc. magazine, available on newsstands beginning Tuesday, August 20.

“One of the greatest joys of my job is going through the Inc. 5000 list,” says Mike Hofman, who recently joined Inc. as editor-in-chief. “To see all of the intriguing and surprising ways that companies are transforming sectors, from health care and AI to apparel and pet food, is fascinating for me as a journalist and storyteller. Congratulations to this year’s honorees, as well, for growing their businesses fast despite the economic disruption we all faced over the past three years, from supply chain woes to inflation to changes in the workforce.”

About CloudPaths

CloudPaths provides cloud applications expertise and services to transform and optimize enterprises. Headquartered in Newark, CA, with regional offices across the globe, CloudPaths has rapidly become the SaaS partner of choice for fast growing enterprises. For more details, please visit www.cloudpaths.com.

Contact

Jimmé Peters
503.816.0500
jimme@cloudpaths.com
More about Inc. and the Inc. 5000

Methodology

Companies on the 2024 Inc. 5000 are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2020 to 2023. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2020. They must be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2023. (Since then, some on the list may have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2020 is $100,000; the minimum for 2023 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. Growth rates used to determine company rankings were calculated to four decimal places.

About Inc.

Inc. Business Media is the leading multimedia brand for entrepreneurs. Through its journalism, Inc. aims to inform, educate, and elevate the profile of our community: the risk-takers, the innovators, and the ultra-driven go-getters who are creating our future. Inc.’s award- winning work achieves a monthly brand footprint of more than 40 million across a variety of channels, including events, print, digital, video, podcasts, newsletters, and social media. Its proprietary Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since its launch as the Inc. 100 in 1982, analyzes company data to rank the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The recognition that comes with inclusion on this and other prestigious Inc. lists, such as Female Founders and Power Partners, gives the founders of top businesses the opportunity to engage with an exclusive community of their peers, and credibility that helps them drive sales and recruit talent. For more information, visit www.inc.com.

For more information on the Inc. 5000 Conference & Gala, to be held from October 16 to 18 in Palm Desert, California, please visit http://conference.inc.com/.

SAP Integration Suite for Building Efficient Supply Chains

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Optimizing the Cloud Supply Chain: Insights on End to End Transformation with Microsoft, Behr Paint Co and CloudPaths

SAP IBP Inventory Implementation by CloudPaths for Efficient Digital Supply Chain Management

Key Takeaways

⇨ Two areas where technology can help make a significant difference are supply chain efficiency and inventory management, both crucial aspects that can have a profound impact on the overall performance of a company.

⇨ SAP IBP helps companies leverage an in-memory capability in the cloud and assists in supply chain planning, demand and supply planning, analytics, and inventory optimization.

⇨ CloudPaths, a leading cloud applications service provider and SAP partner, facilitates companies in all aspects of digital supply chain implementation and management.

In today’s business landscape, it is important for companies to leverage their technology to remain ahead of their competitors, while simultaneously ensuring they meet customer needs. Two areas where technology can help make a significant difference are supply chain efficiency and inventory management, both crucial aspects that can have a profound impact on the overall performance of a company.

Maintaining optimal inventory levels can help reduce unnecessary storage or warehousing costs. However, it is a challenging task to arrive at the correct amount of inventory to hold at each of the various points in the supply chain network given the variability of both demand and supply. Organizations must balance the risk of stock shortages with that of excessive storage cost and obsolescence. With advanced algorithms and prediction models, SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP) makes efficient inventory management possible, and it saves valuable time.

SAP IBP helps companies leverage an in-memory capability in the cloud and assists in supply chain planning, demand and supply planning, analytics, and inventory optimization. SAP IBP Inventory focuses on inventory planning and optimization by modeling the entire supply chain. This application helps find the correct stock level to reduce total inventory holding cost, while meeting customer service levels.

CloudPaths, a leading cloud applications service provider and SAP partner, facilitates companies in all aspects of digital supply chain implementation and management. To make companies realize the benefits of their supply chain transformation investment, CloudPaths follows a ‘Transform, Innovate and Accelerate’ model. SAP IBP Inventory is usually implemented as part of phase two of this digital transformation process.

“We assist a diverse set of corporations from CPG to retail and manufacturing in the implementation of their inventory optimization process to maximize their customer delivery effectiveness and profits to shareholders,” said Lisa Vincenty, Digital Supply Chain Solution Architect, CloudPaths.

SAP IBP Inventory helps increase customer satisfaction by ensuring that the correct amount of stock is held in the right place and at the right time. Customers do not have to wait to fulfill their requirements and the need for backorders is minimized. The application also provides visibility to data which mitigates risks such as supply chain disruptions. Using SAP IBP Inventory ensures companies are up-to-date and competitive from a supply chain perspective, which is a strategic differentiator to stay on top. The CloudPaths team can help make this a reality.

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Transitioning from APO to SAP IBP with CloudPaths

Key Takeaways

⇨ SAP Advanced Planner and Optimizer (APO) has been providing a robust suite of tools for real-time supply chain management and decision-making, facilitating seamless coordination among all stakeholders, from suppliers to consumers for many years.

⇨ However, SAP plans to phase out support for SAP APO by 2027, requiring users to arrange their own maintenance solutions, which may pose operational risks.

⇨ Transitioning from SAP APO to SAP IBP offers substantial benefits, particularly in overcoming the limitations of APO’s traditional, siloed structure.

SAP Advanced Planner and Optimizer (APO) has been providing a robust suite of tools for real-time supply chain management and decision-making, facilitating seamless coordination among all stakeholders, from suppliers to consumers for many years. However, SAP plans to phase out support for SAP APO by 2027, requiring users to arrange their own maintenance solutions, which may pose operational risks. To address these challenges, transitioning to SAP IBP (Integrated Business Planning) is an obvious choice.

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Building Resilient and Agile Supply Chains Leveraging Data, Analytics, and Automation

Key Takeaways

⇨ Understand the shifts in the technological landscape and its impact on building resilient and agile supply chains leveraging data, analytics and automation.

⇨ Explore the requirements and success metrics used in implementing data, analytics and automation solutions, and the significance of cloud capabilities to organizations.

⇨ Learn how respondents are planning to succeed in their supply chain ambitions.

In 2024, supply chain professionals are constantly navigating a myriad of supply chain challenges, ranging from managing diverse product portfolios and predicting fluctuations in demand and supply to complying with regulatory shifts and mitigating geopolitical risks.

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