April 2010 Entries
by Brian Maloney
Hi, I’m Brian Maloney and my Social Security number is…….well I won’t go that far but I can tell you this: Hi, we’re Answers Systems and our GLN number is 1100001011810. So there you have it. Take this number and use it wherever you like. After years of preaching standardization in the Foodservice Industry and Contract Management more specifically, we figured we better eat our own words and sign us up for a GLN. If you don’t know what a GLN is, it’s a unique number for our place of business.
Just like a GTIN is a unique...
by Sue Sanford
This week's frequently asked question concerns quick entry of estimated volume and pricing when you have multiple products on a contract.
Question: I have over 50 products on my contract, is there a way to enter the estimate volume and pricing quickly?
Answers: Yes, there are two ways in ContractPro® to price multiple items quickly.
Bulk Pricing - you can access this by clicking on the $ symbol located on the left hand side of screen above the products. This feature allows you to tab through the fields so you can enter your volume and rebate...
by Sue Sanford
The ContractPro® Support team often gets the following question from ContractPro® users: what's the difference between Program types Deviated Pricing and HQ Rebate?
Deviated Pricing – is when their pricing (fixed rate or fixed price) is passed through their distributor. The distributor will bill back for the re-imbursement and provide proof of delivery to the Operator (Contractee). Distributors will generally submit their billbacks on a weekly or quarterly basis.
HQ Rebate – is when the Operator will submit their tracking reports (velocity reports) from their distributors to receive their rebate. They generally submit their requests on a Quarterly basis....
Answers Systems has been in production with our proprietary application, EclaimSM since 2006 – it’s allowed us to become an industry leader with billback data acquisition and implement foodservice trading partner inter-connectivity at every opportunity. Most of the Top 50 Broadline Distributors have already been set up and 70 of the largest chain operators are sending their claims electronically to their designated client mailbox at Answers.
Eclaim is a perfected blend of technology and dedi
Great job – You are a manufacturer sales representative setting up a trade promotion contract for a large chain account and you figured out how to double your volume on the contract.
Not so great – You got twice the increase in volume by selling your products for half the listed price!
Synopsis – You may be the shortest tenured sales representative in the history of the example company. I put that together after only the minimum “required economics” courses in college.