Expert insights on retail deduction management, chargebacks, and AR automation for high-volume suppliers.
Trade promotions are one of the largest and most complex investments a CPG brand makes. Every year, manufacturers pour billions of dollars into discounts, rebates, advertising programs, and retailer ...
TL;DR: Target's Supplier Performance Management Dashboard (SPMD) gives vendors real-time visibility into compliance violations before they become chargebacks.
If you sell to Amazon as a vendor, you already have access to valuable data, but most teams never use it effectively.
TL;DR: Vendor-managed inventory shifts replenishment decisions from the buyer to the supplier. The supplier gets access to real-time sales and stock data, then decides when and how much to ship.
TL;DR: Walmart enforces labeling compliance through the SQEP program. Missing or incorrect barcodes, pallet labels, or case markings generate defect charges. Barcodes must appear on at least two ...
Your customer pays $47,000 on a $50,000 invoice. Walmart sends three deductions the same week. Amazon flags a compliance chargeback from 90 days ago. And your team is still working through last ...
TL;DR: Deduction resolution is the process of investigating, validating, and recovering short payments from retailers. Most teams handle it reactively and manually, which means they miss dispute ...
If you ship to Walmart, EDI is not optional. It is the backbone of every transaction that moves between your facility and Walmart's supply chain.
Deductions without a PO or invoice reference are some of the hardest to deal with.
Getting hit with a deduction is already frustrating. When your dispute gets rejected on top of that, it feels like wasted effort.