Trade spend optimization is too important to leave to chance

What's the secret sauce driving growth and boosting trade promotion ROI for leading CPG brands like Perfect Snacks, Hint Water, and Bulletproof?

They use Vividly's unparalleled insights and analytics to maximize ROI.

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Unlock Potential with Vividly's Trade Spend Optimization Solution

Step 1: Leverage historical promotion performance data to accurately predict future sales, optimize your trade spend allocation, and plan promotions with confidence.

Step 2: See your data your way — segment by promotion performance, ROI, product category, or SKU, so you can quickly see what matters most to you.

Vividly is the ultimate trade and sales planning solution for CPG brands looking to improve their promotion strategy and save money

Step 3: Uncover detailed ROI and performance metrics with Vividly's insights and analytics dashboards, so you can quickly identify and capitalize on your best performing trade promotions.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is trade spend optimization, and why is it important for CPG companies?

Trade spend optimization is the process of maximizing the efficiency and effectiveness of trade promotion investments to drive better business outcomes. It involves analyzing data, setting strategic objectives, and refining promotional tactics to achieve higher ROI. The benefits of trade promotion optimization for CPG companies include increased sales, improved promotional performance, and stronger relationships with retailers.

Vividly helps CPG companies optimize their trade spend by offering advanced trade promotion optimization analytics and user-friendly tools, enabling data-driven decision-making and better promotional outcomes.

What are key factors to consider when developing a trade spend optimization strategy for a CPG company?

Key factors to consider when developing a trade spend optimization strategy include:
1. Defining clear objectives and KPIs aligned with overall business goals
2. Analyzing historical data, market trends, and competitor activities
3. Identifying high-impact promotional tactics and allocating resources accordingly
4. Establishing a strong collaboration with retailers to align promotional strategiesImplementing an effective measurement and tracking system for ongoing optimization

Vividly supports CPG companies in addressing these factors by offering a comprehensive trade promotion management solution, facilitating data-driven decision-making and ongoing optimization efforts.

How can CPG companies optimize their trade spend to maximize ROI and improve overall business performance?

CPG companies can optimize their trade spend by following a trade promotion optimization process that includes:
— Setting clear objectives and KPIs for trade promotions
— Analyzing historical data and current market trends
— Leveraging predictive analytics to forecast promotional outcomes
— Allocating resources to high-impact promotional activities
— Continuously measuring performance and refining strategies based on data insights

Vividly's trade promotion optimization medium helps CPG companies effectively execute these steps by providing comprehensive analytics, reporting tools, and collaboration features that streamline the optimization process and maximize ROI.

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Best-In-Class CPG TPM Software & Services. Vividly has built out an amazing software and an experienced services team that serves all A/R and Promotion needs for CPG brands. They are continuously adding new offerings.
Director of Finance and Strategy, Munk Pack
Vividly has significantly automated and improved the manual processes of baseline forecasting, trade promotions management and deductions management for us. Vividly management team is very collaborative, they are best-in-class in terms of resolving any performance issues while continously working on product enhancements.
CFO, Health-Ade
I’ve been a customer of Vividly’s for 2 years and the ability to quickly onboard, especially surrounding new deployments, has allowed our business to make smarter, quicker business decisions. Vividly is an agile team that releases new products tailored to what we need. They speak the same language that we do. We’re a fast-moving food brand with a lean team. It’s imperative to have software that easily immerses itself into our day-to-day operations while providing a dashboard that showcases the performance of our top retailers. I’ve vetted other trade software in the space that doesn’t come close to the machine-learning capabilities that Vividly has. Their customer support is outstanding, I have no issues getting some time with the ondemand chat or my own personal customer success manager.
Director of Sales, Good Good
Vividly is a home run, there is no way to stay on top of trade without them and they are a critical piece of our 2021 and 2022 growth goals.
VP of Sales, Lesser Evil
The Vividly software is intuitive and they provide exceptional support. Their team and system is helping our business manage trade with greater intention and accuracy.
National Sales Director, Wild Planet
Vividly gets trade spend. Their software and industry knowledge brought our team very quickly to a much more detailed, intuitive, and insightful place. I cannot be happier and am very excited for us to use Vividly going into 2021.
President, Jovial
The more we grow, the more we need a means of efficiently and effectively planning, tracking and analysing our promotion activity. Vividly offers a strong toolset that streamlines the process, helps us stretch every dollar as far as it will go, and gives us the firm control we need over trade spend.
Director of Finance, Simple Mills
Vividly provided us the ability to scan 100+ pages of larger retailer scan and coupon bill backs and quickly built out the ability of scanning a completely new back-up source we had trouble with. With its quick turn around time on implementation and development, we are now able to much more easily reconcile our top retailers’ trade spend.
Revenue & Trade Operations Manager, Amy's
"Working with Vividly Deductions Services has truly enhanced our practices of managing trade spend in just 6 months. From financials review, to predicting cash flow, to eliminating manual deductions processes, our entire team has benefitted from Vividly’s highly efficient and organized platform. As a small business, this has been crucial to allowing us more time to focus on growth and goals.”
Accounting, Artisan Tropic
“We have become more efficient with our time and more knowledgeable about how to best execute our trade budget, giving us an advantage in the industry.”
Fmr SVP of Sales, Perfect Snacks

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Best-In-Class CPG TPM Software & Services. Vividly has built out an amazing software and an experienced services team that serves all A/R and Promotion needs for CPG brands. They are continuously adding new offerings.
Director of Finance and Strategy, Munk Pack
Vividly has significantly automated and improved the manual processes of baseline forecasting, trade promotions management and deductions management for us. Vividly management team is very collaborative, they are best-in-class in terms of resolving any performance issues while continously working on product enhancements.
CFO, Health-Ade
I’ve been a customer of Vividly’s for 2 years and the ability to quickly onboard, especially surrounding new deployments, has allowed our business to make smarter, quicker business decisions. Vividly is an agile team that releases new products tailored to what we need. They speak the same language that we do. We’re a fast-moving food brand with a lean team. It’s imperative to have software that easily immerses itself into our day-to-day operations while providing a dashboard that showcases the performance of our top retailers. I’ve vetted other trade software in the space that doesn’t come close to the machine-learning capabilities that Vividly has. Their customer support is outstanding, I have no issues getting some time with the ondemand chat or my own personal customer success manager.
Director of Sales, Good Good
"Working with Vividly Deductions Services has truly enhanced our practices of managing trade spend in just 6 months. From financials review, to predicting cash flow, to eliminating manual deductions processes, our entire team has benefitted from Vividly’s highly efficient and organized platform. As a small business, this has been crucial to allowing us more time to focus on growth and goals.”
Accounting, Artisan Tropic
Vividly is a home run, there is no way to stay on top of trade without them and they are a critical piece of our 2021 and 2022 growth goals.
VP of Sales, Lesser Evil
The more we grow, the more we need a means of efficiently and effectively planning, tracking and analysing our promotion activity. Vividly offers a strong toolset that streamlines the process, helps us stretch every dollar as far as it will go, and gives us the firm control we need over trade spend.
Director of Finance, Simple Mills
Vividly provided us the ability to scan 100+ pages of larger retailer scan and coupon bill backs and quickly built out the ability of scanning a completely new back-up source we had trouble with. With its quick turn around time on implementation and development, we are now able to much more easily reconcile our top retailers’ trade spend.
Revenue & Trade Operations Manager, Amy's
Vividly gets trade spend. Their software and industry knowledge brought our team very quickly to a much more detailed, intuitive, and insightful place. I cannot be happier and am very excited for us to use Vividly going into 2021.
President, Jovial

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trade
optimization

Data &
insights

deductions
management

Growth

Scale

Full workstream management

Multiple interfaces for specialized tasks

Calendar view of promotions

Advanced product search functions

Fully exportable to Microsoft Excel

Interface for multi-submissions/approvals

Indirect budgeting

Historical lift of similar past promotions for easy planning

Growth

Scale

Create multiple promotions at once

Auto-mapped customers to distributors

Linked contacts & brokers to deals

Customizable GL account and product grouping structure

Attach backups, calendars, & contracts to specific promotions

Ledger style comments section for each promotion

Duplicate deals easily

Stack several types of deals into one promotion

Growth

Scale

Product information (UPCs, alternate names, pricing, product group assignments)

Customer mapping (retailer/ distributor organization)

Customizable notification system (deal declined, comments added, etc.). Option for daily emails

Contacts hub for brokers, buyers, account managers, etc.

Two-level permissions structure for users (Viewer, Admin)

Enhanced four-level permissions structure for users (Viewer, Director, Manager, Admin)

Customer assignments (silo each director's view to only accounts they manage)

Promotion approval guardrails (promo over $X must be approved by VP)

Growth

Scale

Revenue by customer (integrates with any accounting software)

Actuals vs expected comparisons by promotion

Promotion timing analysis (deductions received vs. deal realized)

Interactive actual vs. expected analytics table

POS data integration (SPINS /IRI/ Nielsen/ retailer specific portals- e.g. WFM, Target, etc.)

Bump chart feature with retroactive lift, compliance tracking, and promotion timeline overlay

Revenue, spend, and trade rates by customer

Live accruals interface with proposed reversals

ROI Analysis to improve spend efficiency

Growth

Scale

Utilize the Deductions Scanning Module to collate complex PDF files with an Excel based output

Ability to search for planned promotions and validate against deductions within ERP

Leverage an internal deduction matcher that automates promotion matching for deductions

Streamline transaction deposits within ERP by utilizing Deductions Reconciliation Module

Store all trade and non-trade expenses within the platform

Store retailer/distributor invoice back-up directly to the transaction for added transparency

Internal controls minimize mistakes and drastically simplifies the audit preparation process through our activity log & more

Flag for internal review or dispute to ensure timely resolution of expenses

Communicate cross depart-mentally within the Deductions Reconciliation Module

trade
planning
promotion
creation
trade
optimization
Data &
insights
deductions
management

Growth

Scale

Full workstream management

Multiple interfaces for specialized tasks

Calendar view of promotions

Advanced product search functions

Fully exportable to Microsoft Excel

Interface for multi-submissions/approvals

Indirect budgeting

Historical lift of similar past promotions for easy planning

Growth

Scale

Create multiple promotions at once

Auto-mapped customers to distributors

Linked contacts & brokers to deals

Customizable GL account and product grouping structure

Attach backups, calendars, & contracts to specific promotions

Ledger style comments section for each promotion

Duplicate deals easily

Stack several types of deals into one promotion

Growth

Scale

Product information (UPCs, alternate names, pricing, product group assignments)

Customer mapping (retailer/ distributor organization)

Customizable notification system (deal declined, comments added, etc.). Option for daily emails

Contacts hub for brokers, buyers, account managers, etc.

Two-level permissions structure for users (Viewer, Admin)

Enhanced four-level permissions structure for users (Viewer, Director, Manager, Admin)

Customer assignments (silo each director's view to only accounts they manage)

Promotion approval guardrails (promo over $X must be approved by VP)

Growth

Scale

Revenue by customer (integrates with any accounting software)

Actuals vs expected comparisons by promotion

Promotion timing analysis (deductions received vs. deal realized)

Interactive actual vs. expected analytics table

POS data integration (SPINS /IRI/ Nielsen/ retailer specific portals- e.g. WFM, Target, etc.)

Bump chart feature with retroactive lift, compliance tracking, and promotion timeline overlay

Revenue, spend, and trade rates by customer

Live accruals interface with proposed reversals

ROI Analysis to improve spend efficiency

Growth

Scale

Utilize the Deductions Scanning Module to collate complex PDF files with an Excel based output

Ability to search for planned promotions and validate against deductions within ERP

Leverage an internal deduction matcher that automates promotion matching for deductions

Streamline transaction deposits within ERP by utilizing Deductions Reconciliation Module

Store all trade and non-trade expenses within the platform

Store retailer/distributor invoice back-up directly to the transaction for added transparency

Internal controls minimize mistakes and drastically simplifies the audit preparation process through our activity log & more

Flag for internal review or dispute to ensure timely resolution of expenses

Communicate cross depart-mentally within the Deductions Reconciliation Module

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