CS Trade Planning
Identify and manage win-win opportunities with trade profitability insights...
CS Trade Planning includes a suite of applications which enables our clients to model the effects on profitability of changing volume and trading terms for individual accounts.
The CS Trade Planning modules include:
1) Account Planning and Promo Deal Evaluation > Account Planning and forecasting > Promotional Deal Evaluation and maintenance > Consolidation
2) Trade Profitability > Retailer profitability - measured by retailer and internal methods > Actual and Planned prices can be tracked in relation to retailer margins > Variance of actuals versus last year and plan > Measure impact on margin from volume, price, mix and % margin change
3) Promotional Evaluation > Pre-promotional planning > Assignment of Promo ID’s to individual campaigns > Promo ID’s linked to products, brands, accounts, weeks, promo characteristics (i.e. type of promo, in-store execution)
Also see CS Account Planning and CS Promotional Evaluation.

Features
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Benefits
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- Extensive range and analytical views
- Evaluation of promotional costs and impacts
- Detailed performance analysis of accounts
- Top Down & Bottom Up modelling
- Custom aggregates of product, account and time
- Variance analysis between the plan, forecasts and actuals
- What-if scenario planning, deal evaluation, analysis and reviews
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- Identifies real value of opportunity gaps
- Provides a clear understanding of what account plans will deliver to the business
- Impact of different scenarios can be quickly evaluated
- Provides managers and analysts with powerful 'what-if' evaluation tools for trade profitability and promotional evaluation
- Evaluate sales, RSPs, retail profit, and internal margin performance of account which identifies opportunities
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To learn more about this new application please contact us to discuss your requirements at info@cosmic-solutions.com or download our flyer below.
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