Collaborate

Software Tour - Collaborate

Revionics Collaborate provides retailers a shared platform for planning and execution with their suppliers.

The robust design of Collaborate delivers efficiency, accuracy, and control to the retailer by combining a centralized repository for item, deal, and related supplier data with powerful online negotiating tools.  The shift is from data capture to an end-to-end platform for negotiating deals that meet the retailer’s merchandising strategies and consumers’ needs.  The shared goal is to shape demand, profitably.

Manage Deals with Collaborate: The Power of Online Negotiations

Promotions are critical to driving traffic, but managing the funds that fuel promotions can be an administrative nightmare.  Spreadsheets, faxes, email, e-Commerce and even personal interaction are not always efficient ways to manage deals and utilize the available funds.

Further, most current methods of negotiation between retailer and supplier lack a collaborative planning environment.  What will the impact of the deal monies be when applied to a promotion?  What promotional events does the retailer plan to promote in the future?  Can additional value be realized by comparing in advance the retailer promotion calendar with the supplier’s planned availability? Have past promotions translated into a good return on the deal?  What were the exact terms of our deal?

Collaborate fosters cooperative deal management:

• Share forecasts, actual results, and performance reports to help suppliers offer more informed deals
• Collect deal information, review and alter offers, then negotiate the final deal
• Store the deal of record, including lump sum, off invoice, bill-back, and scan down deals   

Collect and Host Data with Collaborate

The 80-20 rule often applies to the collection of supplier data.  20% of the suppliers require 80% of the effort in gathering and managing the information received.  Collaborate empowers the retailer to insist on the same standards of excellence from all suppliers – one portal for receipt, review, and processing of information, period.  Collaborate gives you back the time and resources previously wasted in non-productive supplier interaction.

Collaborate hosts important supplier information:

• Item information, including related attributes
• Cost updates
• Order information (requires integration to Revionics Replenishment)

Share with Collaborate

Savvy retailers know that partnering with their supplier community creates competitive advantage.  Empower your suppliers with meaningful information about your business, creating a collaborative planning environment that benefits you, the supplier, and your customers.

With Collaborate, you are in complete control of how much your supplier sees. Show all, some or none of the following:

• The forecast, from the enterprise to the store level
• Category to item-level sales information, actual and forecasted
• Promotional plans and calendar, including historic and future events
• Scan down data to quickly reconcile deals

Integrate with Collaborate

Data is the fuel for optimization and planning environments.  Whether a retailer leverages Revionics Planning and Optimization solution suite, or has their own, Collaborate provides the data to drive results within existing applications.

Revionics Collaborate is fully integrated to Revionics Pricing, Promotions, Markdown, Inventory, Replenishment, and Reporting solutions.  Mix and match, or use the full suite for a truly synergistic experience.

Configurable, Scalable Supplier Portal for Retailers

Collaborate is not a one-size-fits-all portal. Highly scalable, configurable, and customizable, it adapts to each retailer.

• Make Collaborate your own with customized branding options
• Configure for centralized, decentralized, or mixed mode retail environments
• Control access and permissions to view, enter, or export information
• Merge Collaborate information with Revionics solutions, other merchandising systems, and even supplier systems for improved automation

No matter how automated or manual your current supplier relationships, Revionics Collaborate can help strengthen those relationships and create efficiencies by simplifying and automating communication and information collection. 

For more information about the Collaborate solution, please contact us for a demonstration or product information.