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Improving process efficiency across the supplier ecosystem
reduction in out-of-stock across stores
increase in revenue
reduction in the cost of inventory
increase in supplier-funded promotions
million additional rebate
million potential additional revenue with data monetization

Limited inventory holding capacity led to frequent stock-outs.

Inventory position visibility had a lag of 48 hours, leading to delayed interventions to reduce over/understock.

Supplier-funded promotions and rebates were not efficient due to data silos and fragmented processes

Data was shared with suppliers on an ad-hoc basis, making it difficult to derive insights.
Algonomy’s Vendor Link fit in perfectly with the client’s requirement of a 360-degree supplier collaboration platform. It is a comprehensive web-based vendor and retailer collaboration platform that removes operational silos between vendors and retailers by automating and streamlining end-to-end operations.
Vendor Link enabled internal stakeholders and suppliers to monitor inventory position across stores in real-time and make swift interventions to avoid over/understock situations. Vendor Link’s ML-based algorithm uses inventory transaction data to predict impending out-of-stock well in advance, enabling timely Direct Store Delivery (DSD) replenishment.
The platform enabled supplier-funded promotions and rebates. Its API-based pricing, promotions, and rebate integration with manufacturers helped save thousands of man-hours per month. Its online collaboration features enable suppliers and category managers to work together on offers, supplier funding, and rebates.
Vendor Link’s calculation engine allowed for speedy calculation of promotion and rebate amounts, and its automated invoice and payment tracking helped in the creation and delivery of vendor invoices, collation, and reporting of purchase/sales data for performance tracking and payment collection tracking.
The platform also unlocked data insights as a service for suppliers, opening up a potential alternate revenue stream in data monetization by enabling interactive access to data and actionable insights on product, category, and customer.
The client benefited from Vendor Link in the following ways

With the help of Vendor Link’s predictive out-of-stock feature and real-time inventory visibility to suppliers, the client was able to reduce out-of-stocks by 30% and inventory carrying cost by 5%.

Vendor Link’s smart supplier collaboration features enabled the customer to increase supplier-funded promotions by 15% and generate additional rebate worth $2 million.

The platform enabled interactive on-demand access to data insights and reports for suppliers, opening up $1.8 million worth of opportunity through data monetization.
Vendor Link helped the client improve supplier collaboration by enabling real-time decision-making and greater collaboration across store replenishment, supplier-funded promotions and rebates, while providing additional revenue opportunity in the form of data monetization.
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