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Working with a number of organisations across industry sectors such as building materials, buying groups and wholesale and distribution, we have seen a large variety of very complex supplier rebates and trading agreements. These very often involve incredibly complicated performance-based calculations with seemingly endless permutations, and on top of that agreements are subject to periodic review and change.
Topics: Rebate Management
Profitability for suppliers to the building industry — including building materials, plumbing, HVAC and electrical distributors — is often very closely dependent on the amount of rebate they can negotiate and claim.
A ship and debit agreement enables suppliers to sell their goods at a uniform price, while distributors can react to local market conditions and lower the price they use to sell to customers without losing all of their margin.
Topics: Rebate Management & Growth
We’re seeing more and more evidence of companies who rely on their suppliers to tell them what rebates they should claim!
This is surprising given that rebates can be the largest contributor to profit for buying groups and a significant percentage for companies in the building materials, retail and wholesale distribution sectors.
This may raise a few Financial Directors’ eyebrows, but given the complexity of rebate deals in some organisations and the lack of robust systems to track purchases against those contracts, it’s no wonder that some companies struggle to understand what rebate claims they should be making.
Topics: Rebate Management, Contract Management
Founded in 2005, XLVets is one of the UK's leading veterinary groups sharing experience, knowledge and skills whilst providing economies of scale for member practices. On behalf of its members, the group establishes deals for pharmaceutical supplies and accessories with manufacturers and wholesalers. It also works alongside academic bodies and commercial research and manufacturing companies to place its members at the forefront of veterinary science.
Group statistics:
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49 members
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Over 150 premises
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More than 500 vets
Topics: Client Stories, Industry Sector: Buying Groups, Rebate Management System
If profit is the most important word in the business world then trust must run it a very close second. In the new collaborative economy the trust between businesses and their trading partners is key to their ability to move forward as one with transparency.
A damning report from the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA), has today seen Tesco, Britain’s biggest supermarket chain, pay the price for poor supplier rebate management, after delaying supplier payments and failing to raise accurate invoices.
Tesco’s accounting scandal has brought the importance of the collaborative economy and the consequences of falling short in collaborative business planning into focus.
Topics: Press Articles, Industry Sector: Retail
Landmark Wholesale Buying Group is a major buying group that provides a centralised trading and marketing operation on behalf of its members — leading independent wholesalers. The group represents members throughout the UK and has a turnover of £1.8 billion. One of their key roles is to organise the complex process of managing member overrider payments.
Topics: Client Stories, Industry Sector: Wholesale Distribution, Industry Sector: Buying Groups
Wolseley is the world's number one distributor of heating and plumbing products to the professional market and a leading supplier of building materials.
Across two continents Wolseley are the trusted partner of contractors, construction companies, industry and governments; supplying them with the materials they need for building, remodelling and repair work. They rely on Wolseley for their boilers and their flues, their pipes and their air-conditioning units, their timber and their bricks — and much more besides.
By providing the products and services they need, when and where they need them, at competitive prices, Wolseley plays a key role in helping their customers.
In modern business context, the phrase 'we're in this together' is no soundbite but a new way of trading, where the benefits are visible on a day-to-day basis and on the bottom lines of businesses.
In this new collaborative economy, B2B cloud software has played a key role in creating a leaner and more cohesive way of doing business to the benefit of all parties involved. B2B cloud software is more than just an enabler or a part of the machinery, it is an engine that is driving businesses forwards through an ethos of collaboration, transparency and efficiency.