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trade promotion
Answers Systems launched the latest version of our ContractPro® solution to the foodservice industry today. The new ContractPro v4.3 release, a complete trade promotion management solution for foodservice manufacturers, offers the new Volume Auto-Populate feature among its over 24 new features and performance enhancements.
The Volume Auto-Populate feature automatically analyzes the prior contract period’s claims and estimates volume forecasts automatically when the user renews the contract.
Volume estimation when renewing an agreement can be one of the most problematic components in forecasting contract profitability. The Volume Auto-Populate feature in the latest ContractPro v4.3 release will automatically estimate volume based on actual...
When Foodservice manufacturers first join our ContractPro® Community, they are typically settling a huge number of claims via distributor deduction. The manufacturer cannot process the distributors’ claims within payment terms, so the distributors just deduct.
In other words, the manufacturers are allowing their distributors to deduct claims from invoice payments…in essence, allowing the distributor to make the audit and payment decision. Bet the auditors love that!
Posted by Jennifer Grumbling
When it comes to trade promotion, foodservice manufacturers have some pretty distinct challenges when it comes to contract management. Here at Answers Systems, we have an entire team of Account Managers that handle specific client accounts and try to alleviate those challenges. Our clients are some of the world’s top brands (scrolling sidebar): Answers Systems Clients (I will finish my horn tooting in a moment.) Over the past 23 years that we have been transforming
Posted by Stacy Jackson
Over the years we have learned a lot about what happens in the first 90 days or so after a manufacturer implements a new contract management system. We call it the pain curve. Excitement and expectations for the new system turn into angst over errors that seem to be piling up in the way of pendings, recalculated claims, and deductions. Things improve, though, after a little work. The pain subsides and turns into confidence in the new system - deductions are down (o
Since 1986, Answers Systems has been meeting the unique trade promotion and compliance performance management needs of the foodservice industry. We know the industry-specific requirements and challenges faced by each trading partner, and we understand the perspectives of key stakeholders such as sales, marketing, finance,IT, and purchasing.
As a best-in-class provider of trade promotion and compliance performance management solutions to some of the leading foodservice and hospitality brands in the world, Answers Systems helps clients analyze and understand their contracts, increase efficiencies, identify claim inaccuracies, gain compliance, and improve ROI. In the course of serving our clients . . .
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